Red Blood, Black Sand
Fighting Alongside John Basilone from Boot Camp to Iwo Jima
A teenage Marine lands on Iwo Jima beside the war most decorated enlisted man, and watches him die
Tatum was a nineteen-year-old Marine who trained under John Basilone, the Medal of Honor recipient from Guadalcanal, and landed with him on Iwo Jima. Basilone was killed within hours. Tatum spent decades writing this account of the battle and of the man, and the result is closer to testimony than to memoir.
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