82 Days on Okinawa: One American's Unforgettable Firsthand Account of the Pacific War's Greatest Battle

"A gritty, first-person account. ... One can hear Shaw’s voice as if he were sitting beside you." —Wall Street Journal

An unforgettable soldier’s-eye view of the Pacific War’s bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa.

On Easter Sunday,
April 1, 1945, 1.5 million men gathered aboard 1,500 Allied ships off the coast
of the Japanese island of Okinawa. The men were there to launch the largest
amphib­ious assault on the Pacific Theater. War planners expected an 80 percent
casual...