

The Lions of Iwo Jima
The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History
Author: James A. Warren, Major General Fred Haynes (USMC-Ret.)
Narrator: Michael Prichard
Unabridged: 9 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 08/19/2008
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Wars, World War Ii
Synopsis
The stories told here for the first time will seem too cruel, too heartbreaking, even too fantastic to be believed. As one veteran remarked, "Each day we learned a new way to die." By the time Haynes's unit had broken through the main Japanese resistance, 75 percent of the three assault battalions—the frontline fighters who charged enemy positions—were gone. Many of the exhausted survivors were shattered. In five weeks, Combat Team 28 had advanced 5,600 yards, closed 2,088 caves, and lost 5,885 lives.
The Lions of Iwo Jima helps answer the essential questions: who were these men, how were they trained, and what accounts for their extraordinary performance in battle?