Robert Leckie

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II (1996)

Helmet for My Pillow (2001)

I recently read the analog to this book, "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge, about many of the same Marine engagements in the South Pacific during WWII. I thought "HFMP" would be a rehash of the same, but its told by a different kind of writer: While Sledge is thoughtful, simple in his prose, ...

Battle for Iwo Jima (1967)