Nightmare on Iwo Jima : a marine in combat / Patrick F. Caruso.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caruso, Patrick F., 1921-

Standardized Title:

Nightmare on Iwo

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives, American.

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States.

World War, 1939-1945.

Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)--History, Military--20th century.

Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan).

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 3rd. Battalion, 3rd. Kilo Company--History.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps--Officers--Biography.

Caruso, Patrick F., 1921-.

Caruso, Patrick F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On February 19, 1945, the 4th and 5th Marine Divisions stormed ashore from a naval support force. Among them was green young lieutenant Pat Caruso who became de facto company commander when the five officers ranking him were killed or wounded. He led his rapidly diminishing force steadily forward for the next few days, when a day's gains were measured in yards. Caruso was eventually wounded himself and was evacuated. Realizing that the heroism of his comrades would be lost by the decimation of his unit, Caruso latched onto any paper he could find and filled every blank space with his memo

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part 1 A New Assignment; Map of Iwo Jima; 1 The Preparation; 2 En Route; Part 2 Landing; 3 On the Alert; 4 Over the Side; 5 Lieutenant, You're in Charge; 6 Motoyama Airfield No. 2; Part 3 Moving On; 7 Attack and Counterattack; 8 The Hill That Opened; 9 Lunch with a Dead Man and Other Thoughts; Part 4 Heading North; 10 Motoyama Village and Beyond; 11 Night Attack on Hill 362-C; 12 Know Thine Enemy; Part 5 The Last Patrol; 13 Wounded; 14 Barabbas or Jesus?; 15 Our New Neighbors; 16 Peace; Part 6 Nightmare in Hell; 17 Men of Uncommon Valor; 18 Reflections

Index

Notes:

Originally published as: Nightmare on Iwo. Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 2001.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8046-9

OCLC:

647930684