Sands of Iwo Jima This is a vast saga [by Harry Brown] of a marine platoon whose history is traced from its early combat training through its storming of Iwo Jima's beaches to the historic flag ...

Army Boots on Volcanic Sands: The 147th Infantry Regiment at Iwo Jima This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. Joseph H. Alexander, World War II Commemorative Series, Closing In: ...

John Wayne earned a 1949 Best Actor Academy Award nomination for one of his most iconic roles, as the battle-hardened leader of a squad of recruits, in Allan Dwan's SANDS OF IWO JIMA. Haunted by ...