Iwo Jima: Monuments, Memories, and the American Hero

312 Pages·1991·20.207 MB·English

by  Karal Ann Marling, John Wetenhall

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IWO JIMA

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K A R AL A NN M A R L I NG
AIND JWO HN WETOENHALL
JIMA
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Monuments, Memories,
a nd the American Hero
H A R V A RD U N I V E R S I TY PRESS
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
1991
Copyright © 1991 by the President and Fellows
of Harvard College
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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This book is printed on acid-free paper, and its binding
materials have been chosen for strength and durability.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marling, Karal Ann.
Iwo Jima : monuments, memories, and the American hero /
Karal Ann Marling, John Wetenhall.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-674-46980-1 (alk. paper)
1. Iwo Jima, Battle of, 1945. 2. Propaganda, American—
History—20th century. I. Wetenhall, John. II. Title.
D767.99.I9M28 1991
940.54' 26—dc20 90-42283
CIP
Frontispiece: The Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of the Iwo
Jima flag-raising, inscribed by photographer Joe Rosenthal
to Lou Lowery, the man who shot the first flag-raising on
Mount Suribachi that day.
Designed by Gwen Frankfeldt
For those who served on I wo Jima

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Contents
1 Uncommon Valor 1
2 Bloody Iwo 21
3 Our Flag Was Still There 40
4 Eyewitness to History 62
5 The Shifting Sands of Heroism 84
6 The Mighty Seventh 102
7 Guts and Glory: Sands of Iwo Jima 122
8 A Marine Corps for the Next Five Hundred Years 146
9 It Didn't Really Happen That Way 170
10 The Business of Remembering 195
11 D+40 Years: A Gathering of Heroes 221
Notes 245
Illustration Credits 283
Acknowledgments 289
Index 293

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