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A 3 page summary and timeline of the book Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima by Larry Hama and Anthony Williams. No additional sources cited.
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battles of WWII. It showed the United States, and other nations, how unwilling the Japanese were to give up any small amount of land and demonstrated how hard the Japanese
would fight. They were unafraid of death it seemed and gladly die in the course of battle. They were a powerful enemy in WWII and Larry Hama and Anthony Williams
book Island of Terror: Battle of Iwo Jima is a very good graphic book that tells the story of the battle of Iwo Jima. The following paper offers a timeline
of events in the book, an alternative timeline, and a summary of the book. Timeline * The battle first began when the Marines arrived with amphibious vehicles that
were driven onto the shores of Iwo Jima. There was not many Japanese men to stop them but there was were "15-feet high terraces of soft black volcanic ash. Tanks
and landing vehicles got stuck and could not move. The troops sank to their ankles. Every step was a major effort" (Hama; Williams 9). * The leader of the Japanese
military on the island was General Kuribayashi. He was told to defend the island "to the last man if necessary" (Hama; Williams 13). He had written a letter to his
wife that said she should not plan for his return. This shows how strong and determined he was to do the job that the Japanese military had given him. It
also shows how strong and determined the Japanese forces were. * "They were advancing toward airfield 1 through intense machine-gun fire. They were met by what seemed to
be a solid wall of blockhouses and pillboxes" (Hama; Williams 17). But one man, Seargeant Darren Cole, had grenades and a pistol and he was able to destroy five of
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