{"product_id":"a-tomb-called-iwo-jima-firsthand-accounts-from-japanese-survivors-9781500343385","title":"A Tomb Called Iwo Jima: Firsthand Accounts from Japanese Survivors","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFirsthand Japanese Accounts from the Battle of Iwo Jima\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents firsthand accounts from Japanese WWII soldiers, sailors, and pilots who fought in the battle for Iwo Jima and survived. These testimonies come from combatants who were evacuated before the Marines landed and others who were taken as Prisoners-of-War. The Japanese army and navy combatants share their experiences in the battle that coined the phrase, \"Uncommon valor was a common virtue.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eUnique Japanese Perspective on the Pacific War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike most Iwo Jima accounts written from the American perspective, this book provides rare access to Japanese military experiences during one of the Pacific War's most brutal battles. These primary source testimonies offer historical insight into the Japanese defensive strategy, combat conditions, and the human cost of the 1945 battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor Credentials and Research\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDan King is a Pacific War historian with extensive credentials in Japanese military history. He earned his bachelor's degree in Japanese at California State University Los Angeles and worked for Toyota Motor Corporation in Japan. King was awarded the Japanese Ministry of Education's top-level written\/spoken language certification for non-native speakers, enabling him to conduct interviews directly with Japanese veterans without translation barriers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKing has interviewed ninety-eight WWII Japanese Army and Navy veterans as of July 2014. His research methodology combines three approaches: studying primary sources, traveling to battle sites including Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, Midway, and Nanking, and conducting direct veteran interviews. This comprehensive approach ensures historical accuracy and authentic representation of Japanese combat experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProfessional Background in Military History\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eKing served as Japanese technical and historical consultant on major films including John Woo's Windtalkers, Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai (working with Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe), and conducted research for Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers. He worked on HBO's \"The Pacific\" series as Japanese-language consultant and voice-over artist, and appeared in multiple History Channel documentaries including \"Wake Island, Alamo of the Pacific\" and War Stories by Oliver North.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis expertise extends to video game consultation for EA Games' \"Pacific Assault\" and \"Rising Sun,\" and work with the US National Parks Service as historical and language consultant for the Pacific War Museum on Guam. King volunteers as a translator for the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePublication Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform in July 2014, this paperback presents Japanese military memoirs and POW accounts that fill a significant gap in English-language Pacific War literature. The book serves as an essential primary source for researchers, military historians, and readers seeking comprehensive understanding of the Battle of Iwo Jima from both sides of the conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan King is a Pacific War historian, author and public speaker. He earned his bachelor's degree in Japanese at California State University Los Angeles, then moved to Japan to work for Toyota Motor Corporation. King was awarded the Japanese Ministry of Education's top-level written\/spoken language certification for non-native speakers. After moving back to the USA, King put his historical knowledge and language skills to use on several movies and dozens of historical documentaries. He was the Japanese technical\/historical consultant on John Woo's WWII Saipan-based war film Windtalkers. His next major film was director Ed Zwick's The Last Samurai, where he spent six months in New Zealand working with Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe. King conducted historical research for Clint Eastwood's film Flags of Our Fathers. He then worked with actors Pat Morita as an on-set consultant for the movie Only the Brave, the true story of Japanese-American heroism in WWII. The author traveled to Wake Island to appear in the Emmy-nominated two-hour documentary \"Wake Island, Alamo of the Pacific.\" King was the Japanese-language consultant and a Voice-Over artist for the HBO series, \"The Pacific\". He appears in the documentary, Peleliu: The Forgotten Battle, War Stories by Oliver North. King worked as a Japanese technical \/ historical \/ language consultant for a series of popular WWII-based video games by EA Games, including \"Pacific Assault\" and \"Rising Sun.\" King appeared on-camera with former Marine and television personality R. Lee Ermey in three episodes of the television series Mail Call. King later appeared on-camera in the series called Shootout on the History Channel. Dan King recently worked with the US National Parks Service as a historical and language consultant for the Pacific War Museum on Guam, and as a volunteer translator for the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas. In 2003, King wrote his first book, Japanese Military Sake Cups 1894-1945, (Schiffer Publishing). He later released The Last Zero Fighter (Pacific Press) in 2012. For the past twenty-five years, Dan King has studied the Pacific War using a three-pronged approach: studying, traveling, and interviewing. As of July 2014, King has interviewed ninety-eight WWII Japanese Army and Navy veterans. In addition to studying and interviewing, King has visited dozens of WWII battle sites (Iwo Jima, Guadalcanal, Rabaul, Midway, Nanking, etc) and many war museums overseas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50681021989138,"sku":"9781500343385","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b19d0763-afd6-4b54-a555-c12537116a86.jpg?v=1733947702","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tomb-called-iwo-jima-firsthand-accounts-from-japanese-survivors-9781500343385","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}