With an engine out, a B-29 comes
in to land on Iwo Jima. At great cost, the island had been taken
in order to provide an emergency landing strip for damaged B-29s
returning from their long range missions to Japan.
The limited edition is signed by the following veterans of the
battle for Iwo Jima.
Vern Brinzenhofe (4th Marine Div.) - Claire Chaffin (Corpsman
USN) - Jack Colby (4thMarine Div.)
Roy Earle (Saipan, Tinian, Iwo) - Norm Hatch (USMC Oscar-winning
combat cinematographer)
Harry Hink (USAAF B-29 pilot) - Herb Ing (4th Marine Div.) -
Raymond Jacobs (1st Flag-raising on Iwo)
Henry Koellein (Flame-thrower operator) - Cy O'Brien (USMC Combat
Photographer)
Grover Thompson (4thMarine Div) - GordonWard (5th Marine Div)
- Robert Weiler - (USAAF B-29 gunner) |