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Flamethrower : Iwo Jima Medal of Honor recipient and U.S. Marine Woody Williams and his controversial award, Japan's Holocaust and the Pacific War /

"Imagine strapping on a highly flammable 70-pound pack and entering combat as a surefire walking target - and you'd only begin to understand the job, and the horror, of [a] Marine Corps flamethrower man. That's precisely what Hershel "Woody" Williams did in World War II, mos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Rigg, Bryan Mark, 1971- (Author)
Other Authors:	Krulak, Charles C. (writer of foreword.), Gray, Alfred M. (writer of foreword.), Zinni, Anthony C. (writer of foreword.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Addison, TX : Fidelis Historia, LLC, [2020]
Subjects:	Williams, Hershel Woodrow, > 1923-2022. United States. > Marine Corps. > Marine Regiment, 21st. > C Battery. United States. > Marine Corps > Biography. United States. > Marine Corps > History > World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Area. Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945. Medal of Honor > Biography. États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Biographies. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Pacifique, Océan. Bataille d'Iwo Jima, Japon, 1945. Medal of Honor > Biographies. United States. > Marine Corps. Medal of Honor. Military campaigns. Japan. Pacific Area. 1939-1945 Biography Biographies. History.

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