Red Blood, Black Sand: Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima - Tapa dura

A former marine and World War II veteran describes what it was like to train under and fight alongside Congressional Medal of Honor winner John Basilone during the battle of Iwo Jima. 100,000 first printing.

Chuck Tatum is a WWII Marine who trained under legendary Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone and fought with him on Iwo Jima. There, Chuck received the Bronze Star for firing a machine gun from the hip while single-handedly covering the retrieval of two wounded comrades. Red Blood, Black Sand is one of four credited sources upon which the HBO mini-seriesThe Pacific is based. Now eighty-three years old, Chuck sees this book as his final act of service, so readers will never forget the heroes he watched fight, live, and die on “the island that God forgot and gave to the Devil.”