Recommended Books

‍ ‍ Classic Books

  • The Last Zero Fighter (Japanese Naval Pilots) by Dan King

  • A Tomb Called Iwo Jima (Japanese WWII Combat Veterans) by Dan King

  • Blossoms from the Sky (Kamikazi Pilots) by Dan King

  • The Iron Graves of Saipan (Japanese 9th Tank Regiment) by Dan King

  • The Yalu RIver Boys (B-29 Crew’s Captivity in the Korean War) by Dan King

  • In Blood, Flowers Bloom (A WWII Story of Valor and Forgiveness Across Generations) by Samantha Bresnahan

  • Kept by God (An FMDA Chaplain’s story of faith and sacrifice) by Billy Joe Cawthron

  • The Forgotten Unit of Iwo Jima: 386th ASG, USAAF (Landing on D+5 across Red Beach, an air service group with specialized skills in repairing the damaged aircraft that landed on Iwo Jima) by Col J.J. Preston, USMC

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  • Marines and Others (From Tun Tavern to Desert Storm) by Col Charles Waterhouse

  • Valor in Action (Feats by Medal of Honor recipients) by Jane Waterhouse

  • Vietnam Sketchbook: Drawings from Delta to DMZ by Charles Waterhouse

  • Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam (the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive) by Mark Bowden

  • Soldiers of the Sea (USMC 1775-1962) by Robert Debs Heinl, Col USMC

  • Fix Bayonets (First hand account of WWI Marines in France, illustrated) by John W. Thomason

  • With the Old Breed (At Peleliu and Okinawa) by Eugene Sledge

  • China Marine (An Infantryman’s Life After World War II) by E.B. Sledge

  • This Kind of War (First-hand perspective of the Korean War) by T.R. Fehrenbach

  • Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (WW II Commemorative Series of USMC Historical Center) by Col Joseph Alexander

  • Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic by Lt Col Whitman S. Bartley (History and Museums Division Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps)

  • Iwo Jima: Legacy of Valor (Story of mass courage and individual valor) by Bill D. Ross

  • Iwo Jima: The Dramatic Account of the Epic Battle that turned the Tide of WWII (Includes diaries and letters of veterans as well as official records) by Richard F. Newcomb

  • Iwo Jima: Springboard to Final Victory (Contains many superb photographs not seen elsewhere) by Captain Raymond Henri

  • Remembering Iwo (A Personal Memoir, published ) by Talbot Rain