Iwo, 26 Charlie

World War II Navy, Book 10

De: P. T. Deutermann

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

Duración: 9 h y 14 m

Resumen del Editor

The island of Iwo Jima was the epic land and sea battle that produced one of the iconic images of WWII: the Marines raising the American flag on Mount Surabachi, an active volcano that was the site of intense hand to hand combat. In this gripping novel, P. T. Deutermann follows a young gunnery liaison officer, Lee Bishop, who during the ferocious battle for the island is pulled from his station aboard the USS Nevada to serve onshore as a spotter, calling in coordinates for the ship to target with missiles.

But Bishop is completely unready for what he will witness and experience: a literal hell, during which 26,000 Americans are killed in a fight to the very last man, which culminates in the blistering, sulfurous tunnels of Surabachi itself, where an entire platoon of Marines is held captive. Iwo, 26 Charlie is a dramatic, utterly authentic novel by an award-winning writer.

©2023 P. T. Deutermann (P)2023 Tantor

The hard truth about the men who fought at Iwo.

It was all good. A captivating story that was well presented and well told by the reader.

Great story. Narrator not so much

Always a great story from PT,

This narrator was abysmal. Every sentence spoken with overly dramatic running out of breath. It got really annoying .

Great story written as only Deuterman can write

Narrator was awful. Slipped into horse whispering continuously. Makes listening an unenjoyable effort to change volume every few minutes

The valor, and the horror

IWO, 26 CHARLIE is another remarkably good effort by P. T. Deuterman. It captures the absolute horror, the murderous conditions, that existed in the battle for Iwo Jima in the Pacific during WWII. Deutermann thrusts you into the heart of the bloody battle, one that military planners expected would last for a few days, but ended up lasting for weeks. The novel details the exploits of a young naval officer, Lee Bishop, who volunteers to link up with the marines on Iwo and help them set up a grid network for calling in naval artillery bombardments. He gets a lot more than he bargained for when his duties ultimately take him behind enemy lines. He links up with some colorful marine infantrymen—Goon, Twitch, and Monster—and ends up fighting for his life in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese. The book not only carries you deep into combat, but details the technology, physics, and math needed to direct naval gunfire from ship to shore. Warfare isn’t always about just direct combat. Bottom line: If you want a WWII novel that will keep you truly engrossed, IWO, 26 CHARLIE is for you.

Up close and personal. Super scary and gives a personal story of how very bad that battle was

The incredible true story of what one man did for his Country and how many lives were saved by his heroism

The reader is superb

A wonderful book. what those men went through the ones who were killed or wounded or hurt in their mind...brutal

Could not stop listening

Another well written story about the horrors of war. It’s something everyone should reflect on regarding the sacrifices made by our military personnel. Too many people think our democracy just happened.

San Ramon Joe highly recommends

A must read. Impossible to describe adequately. Give it a bit to get into it then hang on tight.

Great Story

Loved this book and could not stop listening. This is one of his best on the war in the Pacific. Great storyteller!

may be PT's best, IMO

This is a great book. I've enjoyed all of the author's books on the Pacific theater of World War II. This one is the most intense of them all, a description of how it must have been on Iwo Jima as the US Navy and Marines drove onward to defeat Japan.

This battle showed how fierce it was going to be to invade the island of Japan itself. The Japanese soldiers would not surrender and fought to the death. It was this attitude that led to the dropping of the bombs to end the war.

I have to admit that while listening to this book I couldn't help but think how the tunnels Hamas has built underneath the surface of Gaza is similar to Iwo Jima. An underground world that they know well and that anyone that wants to defeat them has to go into to destroy them.

A great listen but you have to be in the right frame of mind to do so.