These are pictures my father took of his buddies when they were at Camp Tarawa in December 1944 preparing for the Battle of Iwo Jima -- although they didn't know it at the time.
I grew up hearing stories about them. My dad's whole squad was killed off to a man except for him twice. That fact impacted the rest of his life -- and mine.
In 2000, I left my job at Consolidated Natural Gas to write a book about my grandfather's murder. After months of research, it became clear that it was impossible to write just one book -- several were needed to fully explore the many stories I found in my own family's history let alone the others I discovered in the process. I also decided that fiction was a better way to the truth than non-fiction. Some wounds are too painful to be probed in public. "In the Shadow of Suribachi" is the first book to come out as a result of the work I began in 2000. It's very close to my heart. If you are interested, please check out my website at www.intheshadowofsuribachi.com for more details. You can order it there or on Amazon. You can also order from any bookstore.
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