Iwo Jima Author:Richard F. Newcomb Iwo Jima is a classic retelling of one of the bloodiest campaigns of the Pacific war. By February, 1945, America's island-hopping strategy had brought the Marines to the first island that was actually part of the Japanese homeland. Situated less than 700 miles from Tokyo, Iwo had no jungle to impede the U.S. Marine attacking force, and little... more » defensive cover for the Japanese. It was an island that should have been secured in two weeks. But this was Iwo Jima, a stone fortress set out in the sea.« less