Looking for two WWII novels

[Larry Kart]

Trying to find two World War II novels I read some time ago (probably in the late 1950s) whose titles and authors I've forgotten. One was a very grim, close to the earth paperback (probably a so-called paperback original, from Signet perhaps) about the battle for Iwo Jima. The other was about a U.S. cruiser, probably based on the Salt Lake City, that takes part in the inconclusive Battle of the Komandorskis during the Aluetian Islands campaign. As in real life, IIRC, the captain of the ship is accused (rightly or wrongly, I don't recall) of having behaved in an inept and cowardly manner in the course of the battle.

[Larry Kart]

The Komandorskis one is Martin Dibner's "The Deep Six," I've been told.

[Larry Kart]

In the Iwo Jima novel, unless I'm confusing it with another book, the main character either has a friend named Matthews whom he calls "Mattchu" (that is, his pronunciation is rendered that way) or he himself is named Matthews and is called "Mattchu."

[David Ayers]

I have no idea but why not ask this lot: http://www.iwojimaassociation.org/index.php/about-us/books-about-iwo

[Larry Kart]

Just found out --- that Iwo Jima book is:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-99M80AdLxBs/UI8HO4W5TeI/AAAAAAAAAZw/iYl5JYOghLA/s1600/assaunt-book-iwo.jpg

"The Assault," by Allen R. Matthews, from 1947. That's why the narrator's buddy calls him "Mattchu."

I see now that book is not a novel but a memoir.

A review:

http://www.unz.org/Pub/SaturdayRev-1947jul05-00021?View=PDFPages