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ON TO WESTWARD-THE BATTLES OF SAIPAN AND IWO JIMA. By Robert Sherrod. Published by the Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America. 311 pages. $17.95 MCA Members. $19.95 Non-members. Stock #00.
This republished narrative of World War II island-hopping in the Central Pacific is much more than the title implies. It is true that the original version of "On to Westward," published in 1945, and written by Time-Life war correspondent Robert Sherrod, thoroughly covers the battles of Saipan and Iwo Jima. However, almost half of the book describes actions of the Fourth Marine Division on both Saipan and Iwo Jima, as well as the Third and Fifth on Iwo. Furthermore, also reported on are the First and Sixth Marine Divisions on Okinawa, which were the two assault divisions in Lieutenant General Roy Geiger's III Corps-one of the two...