CONTENTS

PART 1: ROAD TO IWO JIMA

ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN

CHRONOLOGY

PART 2: OPPOSING FORCES

US MARINE RIFLEMAN

JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN

PART 3: THE BATTLE OF IWO JIMA

OPPOSING COMMANDERS

FORCES ON IWO JIMA

OPPOSING PLANS

THE BATTLE

PART 4: AFTERMATH

AFTER THE BATTLE

IWO JIMA TODAY

APPENDICES

BIBLIOGRAPHY