Los libros y documentos que se incluyen a continuación no son los únicos relatos y ensayos que hablan de las batallas de Peleliu y Okinawa ni el lector debería interpretarlos como sugerencias para futuras lecturas. Mi historia es personal. Relata lo que vi y conocí. He utilizado los siguientes libros para verificar la información histórica que he incluido para familiarizar al lector con la encarnizada guerra a mayor escala que se libraba a mi alrededor y para asegurarme de haber utilizado correctamente los nombres y lugares.
Appleman, Roy E., et al., Okinawa: The Last Battle, Washington: Historical Division, Department of the Army, 1948.
Davis, Burke, Marine! The Life of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Chesty Puller, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
Davis, Russell, Marine At War, Scholastic Book Services, Nueva York, 1961.
Falk, Stanley, Bloodiest Victory: Palaus, New York: Ballantine Books, 1974.
Frank, Benis M., Okinawa: Touchstone to Victory, Nueva York: Ballantine Books, 1974.
Frank, Benis M. y Henry I. Saw, Jr., Victory and Occupation: History of Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. V, Washington: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps (en lo sucesivo HQMC), 1968.
Garand, George W. y Truman R. Strobridge, Western Pacific Operations: History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. IV, Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1971.
Heinl, Robert D., Jr., Soldiers of the Sea: The United States Marine Corps, 1775-1962, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1962.
Hough, Maj, Frank O., The Assault on Peleliu, Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1950.
Hunt, George P., Coral Comes High, Nueva York: Harper and Brothers, 1946.
Isley, Jeter A. y Philip Crowl, The U. S. Marines and Amphibious War, Princeton, Nueva Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1951.
James, D. Clayton, The Years of MacArthur, Vol. II, 1941-45, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Leckie, Robert, Strong Men Armed: The United States Marines Against Japan, Nueva York: Random House, 1962.
Mayer, S. L., ed., The Japanese War Machine, Secaucus, N. J.: Chartwell Books, 1976.
McMillan, George, The Old Breed: A History of the First Marine Division in World War II, Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1949.
Moran, John A., Creating a Legend, Chicago: Publishing Division, Moran / Andrews, Inc., 1973.
Morison, Samuel Eliot, The Two-Ocean War, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.
Moskin, J. Robert, The U. S. Marine Corps Story, Nueva York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1977.
Muster Roll of Officers and Enlisted Men of the U. S. Marine Corps: Third Battalion, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force. From 1 September to 30 September, 1944, inclusive; from 1 October to 31 October, 1944, inclusive; from 1 April to 30 April, 1945, inclusive; from 1 May to 31 May, 1945, inclusive; from 1 June to 30 June, 1945, inclusive. Washington: History and Museums Division, HQMC.
Nichols, Charles S., Jr., y Henry I. Shaw, Jr., Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific, Rutland, Veumont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1966. Publicado originalmente por Historical Branch, G-3 Division, HQMC.
Paige, Mitchell, A Marine Named Mitch, Nueva York: Vantage Press, 1975.
Shaw, Henry I, Jr., Bernard C. Nalty y Edwin T. Turnbladh, Central Pacific Drive: History of U. S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II, Vol. III, Washington: Historical Branch, G-3 Division, HQMC, 1966.
Smith, S. E., ed. and comp. ,The United States Marine Corps in World War II, Nueva York: Random House, 1969.
Steinberg, Rafael, Island Fighting, Morristown, Nueva Jersey: Time-Life Books, 1978.
Stockman, James R., The First Marine Division on Okinawa: 1 April-30 June 1945, Washington: Historical Division, HQMC, 1946.
Time, revista, 9 octubre de 1944, p. 29 y 16 de octubre de 1944, p. 38.
Toland, John, The Rising Sun, New York: Random House, 1970.
United States 1st Marine Division. Operation Plan 1-44. Annex A, B Serial 0003 over 1990-5-80 over 458/332, dated 15 Aug 1944.
—Palau Operation, Special Action Report, Serial 0775 over 1990-5-80 over 458/390, dated 13 Sept 1944.
—Field Order Nº 1-44 through 9-44. Serial 1990-5-80 over 458/332, dated 20 Sept, 21 Sept, 22 Sept, 25 Sept, 2 Oct, 5 Oct, 8 Oct, 10 Oct and 13 Oct 1944.