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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.
Table of Contents:
  • Forewords / by 31st USMC Commandant, General Charles C. Krulak, 29th USMC Commandant, General Alfred M. Gray Jr. and USMC General Anthony Charles Zinni
  • Introduction: background on WWII and Woody Williams
  • A nation rises up-events before and at the beginning of war
  • Growing up in West Virginia
  • Outbreak of war
  • Joining the Marine Corps
  • Background on the Japanese military: brave soldiers and psychopathic rapists and killers
  • Deployment-New Caledonia
  • Guadalcanal
  • The Marianas
  • Japanese attack and occupation of Guam 1941-44
  • Battle for the Marianas: background and preparation
  • Amphibious warfare: the Marine Corps' forte
  • The attack at Saipan
  • Philippine Sea Battle: "The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot"
  • The attack at Saipan continues
  • The attack at Tinian
  • The liberation of Guam
  • "Banzai" attacks on Guam
  • Battle's end for Guam
  • Events leading to Iwo Jima
  • Iwo Jima landings begin
  • Woody's landing on Iwo
  • The pillboxes
  • The attack on Iwo continues
  • Battle on Iwo winds down
  • Justification for Iwo Jima
  • After Iwo Jima
  • Receiving the Medal of Honor
  • Observations about military awards and Woody's MOH
  • Life after the war
  • Appendix #1 (legal document of Rigg's motion to dismiss Woody's frivolous lawsuit).