References

Bartley, W. S. (n.d.). HyperWar: Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic [USMC Historical Monograph]. ibiblio - The Public's Library and Digital Archive. Retrieved March 27, 2011, from http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-IwoJima/index.html

Donnell, P. K. (2002). Into the rising sun:  in their own words, World War II's Pacific veterans reveal the heart of combat. New York: Free Press.

Hazen, W. A. (2006). Everyday life:  World War II. Tucson, Ariz.: Good Year Books.

HyperWar: World War II: Pacific Theater of Operations: Contents. (n.d.). ibiblio - The Public's Library and Digital Archive. Retrieved March 18, 2011, from http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/PTO/index.html

Kamikaze Images. (n.d.). Bill Gordon - Homepage. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/kamikaze/index.htm

Navajo Code Talkers cryptology. (n.d.). Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved March 30, 2011, from http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-2.htm

Pacific War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved April 7, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War

Wright, D. (n.d.). Osprey Publishing - Military History Books - Iwo Jima - The Japanese perspective . Osprey Publishing - Military History Books. Retrieved April 2, 2011, from http://www.ospreypublishing.com/articles/world_war_2/iwo_jima_the_japanese_perspective/

Additional Resources

Websites

This website provides Power Point presentations for various subjects.  Some are free others have to be purchased.

http://www.multimedialearning.org

This website provides animated sequences of key battles in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.  Good visual depictions of events.

http://www.historyanimated.com/newhistoryanimated/

Books

Boyle, D. (2001). World war II:  a photographic history. The Netherlands: Rebo Productions.

Haynes, F., & Warren, J. A. (2008). The lions of Iwo Jima  . New York: Henry Holt.

Kakehashi, K. (2007). So sad to fall in battle:  an account of war : based on General Tadamichi Kurayashi's letters from Iwo Jima (Presidio Press hardcover ed.). New York: Ballantine Books.

Time-Life Books published a series entitled World War II during the 1970s and 1980s.  The series includes 39 volumes covering all aspects of the war.

Videos

Patten, T. V. (Director). (2010). The Pacific [Motion picture]. United States: Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Lumiere, F. (Director). (2010). WWII in HD [Documentary]. United States: A&E Home Video.