{"product_id":"iwo-jima-recon","title":"Iwo Jima Recon: The U.S. Navy at War, February 17, 1945","description":"Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945: The mission: to scout the beaches for underwater obstacles and mines and determine whether the soil would support vehicles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFour Navy Underwater Demolition Teams (predecessor to the SEALS) and twenty-two Marine observers-backed by battleships Tennessee and Nevada, a cruiser, several destroyers, and twelve Landing Craft Infantry ships configured as gunboats proceeded with the operation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of what followed - the battle for Iwo Jima that no one knows - is fully told for the first time in this book, a heart-stopping account of ill-equipped but heroic forces under fire from an unexpected, overwhelming enemy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on first-person accounts, deck logs, and after-action reports, Dick Camp brings the action to harrowing life: the thin-skinned reconfigured LCIs fighting it out with the Japanese in a valiant effort to protect the swimmers caught five hundred yards off the beach; the battleship Nevada ignoring orders to withdraw and moving in to knock out the enemys heavy caliber guns; the devastating action - casualities of 40 percent - that very likely saved the actual landing on the 19th.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Dick Camp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback: 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU: P42485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52956129624428,"sku":"P42485","price":34.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/IWO-JIMA.jpg?v=1764760342","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/iwo-jima-recon","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}