James H Hallas

James H. Hallas is a graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and was in the newspaper business for nearly forty years as reporter, editor, and publisher. He is the author of Saipan: The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II, which won the 2020 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for Nonfiction; Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima: The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II; Killing Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill...See more

James H. Hallas is a graduate of the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and was in the newspaper business for nearly forty years as reporter, editor, and publisher. He is the author of Saipan: The Battle that Doomed Japan in World War II, which won the 2020 General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award for Nonfiction; Uncommon Valor on Iwo Jima: The Stories of the Medal of Honor Recipients in the Marine Corps' Bloodiest Battle of World War II; Killing Ground on Okinawa: The Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill; Doughboy War: The American Expeditionary Force in World War I; Squandered Victory: The Battle of St. Mihiel; and The Devil's Anvil: The Assault on Peleliu. He lives in Portland, Connecticut. See less