E patrick k o'donnell's fine book, into the rising sun. i marked a couple of tem mike vinich from the fifth marine division said, i can't hardly even describe it to you. I never expected anything like that. People were dying left and right. Japanese were in caves and bunkers. You had to rout them out dean void. ewojima was as close to hell as you could get. We should remind ourselves that these people had been to other places that are dered to be very bad fights as well.
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.