Summary
A profile of the only World War II Marine to win the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, and a Purple Heart parallels his career with notable World War II memoirists while tracing his significant achievements at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. Full description
- D-Day, Iwo Jima, 0700 hours
- Manila John
- In the Army now
- Back home
- Civilian life
- Into the breech
- On to the canal
- Bloody Ridge
- On the attack
- Hitting the fan
- "I'm staying with my boys. They need me."