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Summary: Wonderful book depicting unspeakable slaughter...
Review: With all the attention given James Bradley's "Flags of Our Fathers" over the past couple of years, I have been afraid that Bill Ross might be neglected. This earlier work on Iwo Jima is really different than "Flags" and for a full understanding of that battle, both should be read. "Legacy" is a fuller and better-written depiction of the difficulties and horrors of the fight, and of the political decisions that led to it and shaped its progress, or lack of it. "Flags" is excellent in its own way, but is more the tale of the accidentally famous flag-raisers after the island was won, and before they enlisted. This is a grim and gripping story, and it is unlikely anyone else will come along and do a better job telling the tale of Iwo.
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Summary: The best I've read about the Pacific Theater in WWII
Review: Without question this is the finest book I have read regarding US military involvement in the Pacific theater during WWII. Ross, as a Marine seargent and correspondent, was at the battle. His account written in graphic detail and tying together both the individual battles and the overall operation is chilling and gut wrenching. You will come away with a sense of the sacrifice made by true "heroes"- the common Marine who fought and was killed or wounded at this terrible place.
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