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02616cam a2200505 a 4500 001 B76CFAC02B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 070423s2007 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007016871 020 $a 0743292464 020 $a 9780743292467 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d WIQ $d C#P $d YDXCP $d BWX $d JED $d SHH $d VP@ $d IOV $d SILO 043 $a a-ja--- 050 00 $a D767.99.O45 $b S57 2007 082 00 $a 940.54/252294 $2 22 100 1 $a Sloan, Bill, $d 1935- 245 1 $a The ultimate battle : $b Okinawa 1945--the last epic struggle of World War II / $c Bill Sloan. 250 $a 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. 260 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2007. 300 $a x, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : $b ill., maps ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-382) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: June 10, 1945 -- Building an "Iceberg" -- "Like a stroll in the park" -- Kids' games, pony rides, and barbecue -- A nasty surprise on the way south -- A divine and deadly wind -- Death in the hills, death at home -- A wall of stone and flame -- Mud, blood, and may-hem -- Bitter toll at sugar loaf -- The limits of human endurance -- Divine wind-part II -- The crowded, angry skies -- Collapse of the Shuri line -- The end of an army -- A civilian catastrophe -- A somber victory -- The atomic bomb-and reprieve -- Epilogue: love day plus sixty-two years. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Okinawa Island. $z Okinawa Island. 650 0 $a Civilian war casualties $z Okinawa Island. $z Okinawa Island. 651 0 $a Okinawa Island (Japan) $x History, Military. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0716/2007016871.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007016871-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0742/2007016871-s.html 941 $a 13 952 $l MFPA463 $d 20210603130326.0 $m 978 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528041513.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20190504013234.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824035826.0 952 $l GWPB501 $d 20151126012124.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20151001022248.0 952 $l ORAX826 $d 20150509012357.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20150409073554.0 952 $l HWAX074 $d 20140415020515.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20140131015945.0 952 $l YSPD232 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B76CFAC02B1011DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search