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Unknown Valor A Story of Family, Courage, and Sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima

Martha MacCallum

NEW YORK TIMES Admiral Chester Nimitz spoke of the “uncommon valor” of the men who fought on Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of World War II. In thirty-six grueling days, nearly 7,000 Marines were killed and 22,000 were wounded.

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The speaker wrote a book titled Unknown Valor, which recounts the story of his mother's first cousin, Harry Gray, who was killed at Iwo Jima at the age of 18. The book details his personal journey, including meeting with two people who were with him when he died.

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This has been a passion of mine since several years back. I wrote a book called Unknown Valor and it's about the story, the history of Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima. It's based on my mother's first cousin,...

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The speaker wrote a book titled Unknown Valor, which recounts the story of his mother's first cousin, Harry Gray, who was killed at Iwo Jima at the age of 18. The book details his personal journey, including meeting with two people who were with him when he died.

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This has been a passion of mine since several years back. I wrote a book called Unknown Valor and it's about the story, the history of Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima. It's based on my mother's first cousin, Harry Gray was killed at Iwo Jima at the age of 18. And so writing his story, I ended up digging into all of these stories of people who he had mentioned in the letters that he sent home. I ended up meeting two of the people who were actually with him when he was killed. It was an extraordinary personal journey for me and I learned so much.

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