Their backs against the sea the Battle of Saipan and the largest banzai attack of World War II
In the midst of the largest banzai attack of the war, US Army Lt. Col. William O'Brien, grievously wounded and out of ammunition, grabbed a sabre from a fallen Japanese soldier and flailed away at a small army of assailants, screaming to his men, "Don't give them a damn inch!" Wh...
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Prologue, 1
1 Islands of Mystery, 5
2 The Infernal Beach, 13
3 The Eternal Beach, 47
4 Enter the 27th Division, 81
5 The Marianas Turkey Shoot, 107
6 Smith vs. Smith, 117
7 Somethings Coming! , 141
8 To Die with Honor, 153
9 The Aftermath, 185
10 Tinian s Rolling Plains, 207
11 Coming Home, 223
12 Tinian and the B-29, 235
13 Dismay in Japan, 243
Epilogue, 255
Acknowledgments, 263
Sources, 265
Index, 269
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