Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

In February 1945, some 80,000 U.S. Marines attacked the heavily defended fortress that the Japanese had constructed on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Lead

An hour by hour account of the largest and most brutal assault ever conducted by the Marine Corps.

Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945: The mission: to scout the beaches for underwater obstacles and mines and determine whether the soil would support vehicles. Four Na