Iwo, 26 Charlie
A Novel
Reeks: P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels
P. T. Deutermann
- The
- tiny
- Pacific
- island
- of
- Iwo
- Jima
- was
- the
- focus
- of
- an
- epic
- land
- and
- sea
- battle
- that
- produced
- one
- of
- the
- most
- iconic
- images
- of
- World
- War
- II:
- US
- Marines
- raising
- the
- American
- flag
- on
- Mount
- Suribachi,
- an
- active
- volcano
- where
- American
- and
- Japanese
- soldiers,
- desperate
- to
- secure
- the
- island’s
- airfields,
- fought
- hand
- to
- hand
- and
- always
- to
- the
- death.
- In
- this
- gripping
- novel,
- award-winning
- author
- and
- retired
- commodore
- P.
- T.
- Deutermann
- follows
- a
- young
- Navy
- gunnery
- officer
- stationed
- on
- the
- battleship
- Nevada
- from
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- battle
- to
- its
- decisive
- end.Lieutenant
- Lee
- Bishop
- serves
- in
- the
- main
- plotting
- room
- aboard
- USS
- Nevada,
- targeting
- fourteen-inch
- shells
- from
- the
- ship’s
- guns
- against
- enemy
- positions
- on
- Iwo
- Jima
- called
- in
- by
- frantic
- Marine
- spotters
- ashore.
- But
- after
- the
- Marines
- suffer
- devastating
- losses
- of
- spotting
- personnel
- to
- the
- Japanese
- hunting
- teams
- sent
- out
- specifically
- to
- kill
- them,
- Bishop
- volunteers
- to
- serve
- onshore
- as
- a
- replacement,
- calling
- in
- coordinates
- to
- target
- Japanese
- positions
- with
- offshore
- naval
- gunships,
- such
- as
- Nevada.But
- Bishop
- is
- completely
- unprepared
- for
- what
- he
- witnesses
- and
- experiences:
- a
- literal
- hell
- on
- earth,
- during
- which
- twenty-six
- thousand
- Americans
- become
- casualties
- in
- desperate
- and
- often
- hand-to-hand
- fighting
- with
- the
- enemy
- garrison,
- men
- committed
- to
- dying
- for
- Japan.
- Bishop
- goes
- from
- the
- safe,
- air-conditioned
- gunnery
- control
- spaces
- of
- a
- battleship
- to
- the
- mud,
- blood,
- and
- sheer
- terror
- of
- night
- fighting
- against
- suicidal
- Japanese
- who
- come
- out
- of
- the
- night
- and
- leap
- into
- Marine
- foxholes
- with
- samurai
- swords
- to
- slaughter
- American
- Marines.
- The
- battle
- culminates
- on
- the
- stinking
- slopes
- of
- the
- volcano,
- where
- Bishop
- calls
- in
- monster
- projectiles
- against
- banzai
- charges
- while
- using
- a
- Thompson
- submachine
- to
- save
- his
- own
- life
- and
- those
- of
- his
- fellow
- Marines.Iwo,
- 26
- Charlie
- is
- a
- frighteningly
- dramatic,
- utterly
- authentic
- novel
- by
- an
- award-winning
- writer
- and
- Navy
- veteran
- who
- is
- a
- contemporary
- master
- of
- World
- War
- II
- military fiction.
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