WW II 12 LCI's in a Scouting Recon suffer 40% casualties "IWO JIMA RECON"

Description: I COMBINE SHIPPING $1.50 per book. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $60. Send books to your check-out cart. E-Bay will automatically adjust shipping costs.PACKAGING & SHIPPING RULES:1. Individual books Under $18.00 are shipped in padded poly envelopes. 2. Individual books Over $18.00 are shipped in a poly envelope inside a box.3. Buy Three or more books and the order is shipped in a box. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS LISTING:This book has over 100 photos of the action. Two days prior to the Invasion of Iwo Jima a mass recon mission was preformed on the assault beaches. The frogmen were to access obstacles, and defenses after the bombardments and to see if the black sand would be able to support vehicles On February 17th two battleships, several destroyers and naval aircraft supported the recon group. The recon group consisted of 12 LCI gunboats and four UDT frogman teams. In the recon nine of the LCI's were heavily damaged, one sank. The rest suffered minor damage. A total of 40 sailors were killed and 200 wounded, 40% of the force. Many Navy Crosses were issued and one Medal of Honor Iwo Jima, February 17, 1945: The mission: to scout the beaches for underwater obstacles and mines and determine whether the soil would support vehicles. Four 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. The 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. Drawing 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 enemy' s heavy caliber guns; the devastating action - casualities of 40 percent - that very likely saved the actual landing on the 19th.

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