Chronicles the United States Marines' thirty-six day assault on the Japanese forces at Iwo Jima and assesses the invasion's role and importance in the ultimate conquest of Japan.

Includes index.

Prologue to Invasion --A Gathering of Warriors -- D-Day: Curtain Time in Hell -- The Men of Suribachi and Two Flags -- Brave Men in Navy Blue -- Five Days of Carnage -- Of the Living ... and the Dead -- Halfway to Victory -- Stalemate and Breakthrough -- The Final Phase -- Epilogue.