Their backs against the sea : the battle of Saipan and the largest banzai attack of World War II /

In the midst of the largest banzai attack of the war, US Army Lt. Col. William O'Brien, grievously wounded and out of ammunition, grabbed a sabre from a fallen Japanese soldier and flailed away at a small army of assailants, screaming to his men, "Don't give them a damn inch!" Wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sloan, Bill, 1935- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Da Capo Press, [2017]
Edition:	First Da Capo Press edition.
Subjects:	United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War, 1939-1945. Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944. HISTORY / Military / United States. HISTORY / Military / World War II.

Table of Contents:

Islands of mystery
The infernal beach
The eternal beach
Enter the 27th Division
The Marianas turkey shoot
Smith vs. Smith
"Something's coming!"
To die with honor
The aftermath
Tinian's rolling plains
Coming home
Tinian and the B-29
Dismay in Japan.