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Author:

MacCallum, Martha, 1964- narrator. narrator.

Title:

Unknown valor [CD book] : a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima / Martha MacCallum with Ronald J. Drez.

Edition:

Unabridged.

Publisher:

Harper Audio,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

9 audio discs (10 hr., 45 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

United States.--Marine Corps.
Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.
Marines.
World War, 1939-1945.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Audiobooks.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.

Other Authors:

Drez, Ronald J., 1940- author.

Notes:

Read by the author.

Contents:

Arlington, Massachusetts, 1938 -- Infamy -- Outrage -- The changing tide -- What Hirohito knew -- The first step : say a prayer for your pal on Guadalcanal -- 1943 -- Cracking the inner ring -- Willing to fight -- D-Day : from Normandy to Saipan -- Japan's doorstep -- "A ghastly relentlessness" -- "An island of sulphur : no water, no sparrow, and no swallow" -- "Hell with the fire out" -- The badlands.

Summary:

In honor of the 75th Anniversary of one of the most critical battles of World War II, Martha MacCallum pays tribute to the heroic men who sacrificed everything at Iwo Jima to defeat the Armed Forces of Emperor Hirohito -- among them, a member of her own family.

ISBN:

0062983989
9780062983985

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1137549133

Locations:

XSPE157 -- Atlantic Public Library (Atlantic)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)