An excellent book that looks at the true in the trench or storm the beach young man that has made America from the beginning Bunker Hill, to Gettysburg, and then Iwo Jima. All of them looking at it from the soldiers prospective, not the General. The one that I was really impressed with was Bunker Hill, or Breeds Hill. The way the author was able to capture both sides of the action was impressive. He was also able to point out the problems that the American Militiamen had, but were also able to inflect some terrible wounds to the British and how and why that was. That battle and his description of action, fighting amongst the volunteers, lack of ammo, all of which led to their withdraw. But it also showed that with the proper leader they were a force to be reckoned with. The other two battles were just as impressive but I have read many books on both of those accounts. Not taking away from those men sacrifices. Remember Iwo Jima took nearly a month to take and nearly a third of all of the Marine Corps Casualties of WWII came from that one Island, so that in itself is amazing. That there were men who were 18, 19 20 years old and had already survived Tarawa, and Peleliu, and even Guadalcanal, but would not come home from Iwo Jima. A great book to honor all of the soldiers.