I think Richard Wheeler did a good job with Iwo (as in the book) but I though he should have added in more of an eyewitness stand instead of just mentioning himself briefly. Maybe he should have written one book about the island as a whole and another as an autobiography. I also read Iwo Jima by Richard Newcomb and The Battle of Iwo Jima 1945 by Derrick Wright. Both great books. By the way Mike was killed by shrapnel taking out his heart and died instantly. Corporal Harlon Block was killed by shrapnel tearing his gut wide open. He fell to the ground struggling to shove his intestines back in. His last words were, "They killed me Momma." Painful, but true.