Download or read book The First Battalion of the 28th Marines on Iwo Jima written by Robert E. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allen was drafted by the Marine corps upon graduating from high school in June 1944. He was a member of a machine gun squad of the 28th Marines and saw the first flag raised atop Suribachi. His personal experience and three years of research into official reports has resulted in this day-by-day history of the First Battalion, 28th Marines on Iwo Jima. Each chapter presents an overview of that day's combat and other relevant events, and also contains the text of that day's official regimental and battalion narratives. Includes bandw historical photos, a chronology, and transcribed muster rolls for February and March 1945. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR