"A score of bloody Okinawas and Iwo Jimas": President Truman and casualty estimates for the invasion of Japan

Pacific Historical Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-132

  Giangreco, D M ^a  

^a US Army Command/Gen Staff College   (United States)

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EID: 0038406103     PISSN: 00308684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/phr.2003.72.1.93     Document Type: Article

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