Iwo, 26 Charlie

World War II Navy, Book 10

De: P. T. Deutermann

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

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

Excellent but not suitable for listening in a car

The story was excellent. I enjoyed the reader’s performance but it was marred by the recording engineer’s failure to use compression to compensate for the reader’s almost whispers followed by full voice. Impossible to listen to with ambient noise.

one of my favorites from this series.

great story line, love the characters. hopefully he does more books in this series

Another good Deutermann book

Dinged the performance because often whispers which made it hard to follow while driving on a freeway.

The complexity of battle.

This book painted a detailed explanation of the role artillery plays in battle. The human toll war exacts from individuals on and behind the front line is brought into sharp focus.

Iwo

Great book I enjoyed sounded and felt like I was there (well kind of) powerful

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 .

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.

Typical Deutermenn- GREAT.

A fast paced, well researched and great listen. Fits well within his WW2 Naval Warfare series.

intense detail

The author does a terrific job of giving you a visual experience of the Bayne of Iwo Jima

Incredibly Original!

When you think about all of the stories written about WWII, this one could arguably be one of the most original. Loved it!