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Pearl Harbor Survivors

Author : Harry Spiller
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481862
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor Survivors written by Harry Spiller and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On December 7, 1941, Japan waged a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor. It was a major victory for the Japanese Navy, which in less than two hours destroyed 188 American planes, damaged another 159, and sunk or seriously damaged 18 U.S. warships. The battleships Arizona and Oklahoma were sunk. The battleships California, West Virginia and Tennessee were badly damaged and would not rejoin the United States fleet for months. Over 2,400 American military personnel were killed and 1,178 were wounded. The Japanese lost 29 planes and pilots, five midget submarines and one large sub with their crews. Here are 24 personal accounts of servicemen who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor. These accounts cover in detail the location of each man and his experience during and after the actual attack. Also included is general information about Pearl Harbor.

Pearl Survivors

Author : Dick Jensen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780965697224
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Survivors written by Dick Jensen and published by . This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salute to U S veterans who survived the date "that will live in infamy"

All the Gallant Men

Author : Donald Stratton
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062645374
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book All the Gallant Men written by Donald Stratton and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling memoir of survival and heroism at Pearl Harbor “An unforgettable story of unfathomable courage.” —Reader’s Digest In this, the first memoir by a USS Arizona sailor, Donald Stratton delivers an inspiring and unforgettable eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack and his remarkable return to the fight. At 8:10 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan’s surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Don, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a rope tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor’s flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart. In this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack—the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS Arizona—ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight. Don and four other sailors made it safely across the same line that morning, a small miracle on a day that claimed the lives of 1,177 of their Arizona shipmates—approximately half the American fatalaties at Pearl Harbor. Sent to military hospitals for a year, Don refused doctors’ advice to amputate his limbs and battled to relearn how to walk. The U.S. Navy gave him a medical discharge, believing he would never again be fit for service, but Don had unfinished business. In June 1944, he sailed back into the teeth of the Pacific War on a destroyer, destined for combat in the crucial battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America’s Second World War. As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of six living survivors of the Arizona, offers an unprecedentedly intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history. All the Gallant Men is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable—and remarkably inspiring—memoirs of any kind to appear in recent years. *Library Journal

Abandon Ship!

Author : Bill Jim Davis
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440128952
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Abandon Ship! written by Bill Jim Davis and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandon Ship is a fascinating account of enlisted life onboard U.S. naval warships in the Pacific Theater during WW2. Bill Jim Davis, the author, provides a riveting account of what it was like for him as a young seaman during those hazardous times. Amazingly, his individual experiences took him from the attack on Pearl Harbor to Okinawa, to the Japanese mainland, and from a new recruit to a commissioned officer by war's end. The reader gets a vivid, blow by blow account of the war in the Pacific. Anyone who wishes to see the war in the Pacific from the well trained eyes of a young sailor will find great value in this book. We, as a nation, are forever indebted to the young Davis and countless others like him who answered the call to duty and performed with valor. Such accounts are an invaluable reminder to future generations of the sacrifice, courage, and vigilance required to maintain the liberty and freedom we all enjoy in our great nation. Those young men and women who aspire to service in the United States Navy would be well served by reading this book.

Pearl Harbor Survivors

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor Survivors written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pearl Harbor

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Surviving Pearl Harbor

Author : Kira Freed
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1499436505
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Pearl Harbor written by Kira Freed and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling resource chronicles the memorable events of December 7, 1941, the day that Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, provoking the United States into entering World War II. Readers will see the attack through the eyes of survivors, such as Donald Kirby Ross, the first WWII–era recipient of the Medal of Honor, and Lee Embree, who took the first air-to-air photos of Japanese planes and pilots in the attack. Beyond Pearl Harbor, the Ni‘ihau Incident and the assault on Oahu’s airfields are also explained.

Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941

Author : MS2 Shannon R, Cooper USNR (Ret.)
Publisher : Shannon Cooper
ISBN 13 : 1387939459
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor how is served and survived December 7th 1941 written by MS2 Shannon R, Cooper USNR (Ret.) and published by Shannon Cooper. This book was released on 2022-06-11 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of personal Pearl harbor survivor's and their families stories. An accurate account of events as they took place on this fateful day of December 7th 1941. A minute by minute account of the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, Hawaii. This information was gathered by individual interviews of Survivors and their families'. This gives the book a connection with the survivors and the readers. To help the readers gather a true account and connection with those that survived and to give a better understanding of what truly took place o December 7th 1941 in Pearl harbor, Hawaii.

Pearl Harbor

Author : Homer N. Wallin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780898755657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (556 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor written by Homer N. Wallin and published by . This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl Harbor will long stand out in mens minds as an example of the results of basic unpreparedness of a peace loving nation, of highly efficient treacherous surprise attack and of the resulting unification of America into a single tidal wave of purpose to victory. Therefore, all will be interested in this unique narrative by Admiral Wallin. The Navy has long needed a succinct account of the salvage operations at Pearl Harbor that miraculously resurrected what appeared to be a forever shattered fleet. Admiral Wallin agreed to undertake the job. He was exactly the right man for it _ in talent, in perception, and in experience. He had served intimately with Admiral Nimitz and with Admiral Halsey in the South Pacific, has commanded three different Navy Yards, and was a highly successful Chief of the Bureau of Ships. On 7 December 1941 the then Captain Wallin was serving at Pearl Harbor. He witnessed the events of that shattering and unifying "Day of Infamy." His mind began to race at high speeds at once on the problems and means of getting the broken fleet back into service for its giant task. Unless the United States regained control of the sea, even greater disaster loomed. Without victory at sea, tyranny soon would surely rule all Asia and Europe. In a matter of time it would surely rule the Americas. Captain Wallin salvaged most of the broken Pearl Harbor fleet that went on to figure prominently in the United States Navys victory. So the account he masterfully tells covers what he masterfully accomplished. The United States owes him an unpayable debt for this high service among many others in his long career.

Chuck Kohler

Author : Earl J. "Chuck" Kohler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781630100193
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Chuck Kohler written by Earl J. "Chuck" Kohler and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chuck Kohler frequently attends meetings of the Pearl Harbor Survivors and Sons & Daughters, Chapter 5, Contra Costa Co., California and the annual Mount Diablo Memorial Beacon Lighting Pearl Harbor Remembrance on December 7th. We always enjoy hearing what Chuck did during the attack on Pearl Harbor (shooting 50-caliber bullets into a Japanese plane!) and Chuck always remembers the 2,400+ lost during the attack. Second to none, Chuck is another amazing, generous and honorable member of "The Greatest Generation".

Pearl Harbor Survivors, 50th Anniversary

Author : Pearl Harbor Survivors Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781563110429
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor Survivors, 50th Anniversary written by Pearl Harbor Survivors Association and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lou Conter Story

Author : Louis A. Conter
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1627878602
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book The Lou Conter Story written by Louis A. Conter and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-01-25 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lou Conter Story: From USS Arizona Survivor to Unsung American Hero tells the incredible story of one of the last remaining survivors of the USS Arizona. More than just a recollection of the events that transpired in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, this book also records the author's memorable experiences before and after the Day of Infamy. Conter was on the USS Arizona deck when a Japanese armor-piercing bomb hit one million pounds of gunpowder stored in the ship's hull. He helped rescue crewmen following the explosion and dove into the wreckage to recover bodies in the days after. In 1942, Conter went to flight school where he earned his wings and became a VP-11 Black Cat pilot. He helped rescue over two hundred Australian Coastwatchers stranded in northern New Guinea and was shot down twice -- once swimming with his crew while sharks circled. Conter also helped rescue over two hundred Australian shore watchers up the Sepik River in New Guinea. After World War II, he became an intelligence officer, flew combat in Korea, created the Navy's first SERE program (survival, evasion, resistance, and escape), and served as a military advisor to presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson. Lou Conter shares his Pearl Harbor experiences with high school students throughout Northern California, and he returns to the USS Arizona every December to take part in National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day activities to honor and remember the 2,403 service members and civilians who were killed during the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. In 2019, Conter was one of only three remaining crew members out of the 335 who had survived the attack on the USS Arizona. He was the only survivor able to attend the memorial event.

The Life History of Delton E. Walling

Author : Delton Walling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781630100087
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life History of Delton E. Walling written by Delton Walling and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl Harbor Survivor Delton E. "Wally" Walling was assigned to the USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) and witnessed the attack from the top of the Signal Tower, U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Corner of Seventh Street & Avenue D east of Drydock No. 1, Pearl City, Honolulu County, HI. Wally tells his whole life story, WWII, a tree-trimming business and a deep-sea fishing charter business. Lots of wonderful stories!Wally writes: "Now in the twilight years of my life, I make speeches to organizations around Northern California about Pearl Harbor and the Pacific war.""Time and tide awaits no man - due to age and health, I must close down this last chapter of one of the last great generations!"

Pearl Harbor

Author : Craig Nelson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451660510
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Pearl Harbor written by Craig Nelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A valuable reexamination” (Booklist, starred review) of the event that changed twentieth-century America—Pearl Harbor—based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times bestselling author. The America we live in today was born, not on July 4, 1776, but on December 7, 1941, when an armada of 354 Japanese warplanes supported by aircraft carriers, destroyers, and midget submarines suddenly and savagely attacked the United States, killing 2,403 men—and forced America’s entry into World War II. Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness follows the sailors, soldiers, pilots, diplomats, admirals, generals, emperor, and president as they engineer, fight, and react to this stunningly dramatic moment in world history. Beginning in 1914, bestselling author Craig Nelson maps the road to war, when Franklin D. Roosevelt, then the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, attended the laying of the keel of the USS Arizona at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Writing with vivid intimacy, Nelson traces Japan’s leaders as they lurch into ultranationalist fascism, which culminates in their scheme to terrify America with one of the boldest attacks ever waged. Within seconds, the country would never be the same. Backed by a research team’s five years of work, as well as Nelson’s thorough re-examination of the original evidence assembled by federal investigators, this page-turning and definitive work “weaves archival research, interviews, and personal experiences from both sides into a blow-by-blow narrative of destruction liberally sprinkled with individual heroism, bizarre escapes, and equally bizarre tragedies” (Kirkus Reviews). Nelson delivers all the terror, chaos, violence, tragedy, and heroism of the attack in stunning detail, and offers surprising conclusions about the tragedy’s unforeseen and resonant consequences that linger even today.

Remember Pearl Harbor

Author : Thomas Allen
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1426322488
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Remember Pearl Harbor written by Thomas Allen and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives accounts by American and Japanese survivors of The Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941.

The Shadow of Sacrifice

Author : Donald D Deignan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478781578
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow of Sacrifice written by Donald D Deignan and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multifaceted and timely work of nonfiction military and social history, THE SHADOW OF SACRIFICE: The True Story of a Pearl Harbor Survivor and his Nephew and Namesake redeems an outstanding "Debt of Honor." Seventy-five years ago, "Remember Pearl Harbor!" was the poignant and powerful slogan which rallied a badly shaken nation and galvanized the American people to win World War II. On December 7, 1941 twenty-seven year old Private First Class Joseph J. Deignan of Worcester Massachusetts (pronounced DEGGNAN) was strafed by low-flying Japanese war planes while he was serving as an Army Field Artilleryman at Schofield Barracks on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Little more than two months later, Deignan was dead. His mother believed that her youngest son, baptized as Donald, succumbed to wounds received as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor and its military environs. After World War II Donald's oldest brother, Frank, a U.S. Army veteran of the Pacific Campaign, came home, married, and fathered a son. Frank named that boy "Donald" in memory of his lost, heroic youngest brother. Donald Joseph's "supreme sacrifice" has positively influenced the life and career of his nephew and namesake. In fact, the bequest of his uncle's name has proven to be both a talisman and a blessing to Don Deignan, the author of this book. Although the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is the pivotal event in THE SHADOW OF SACRIFICE, this work is not primarily about that occurrence. Rather, chance, choice and consequence are the themes which inextricably link two spiritually connected lives together over the span of much more than a century. From their impoverished family origins in pre-Famine Ireland down to the present day, Donald Joseph Deignan and his nephew, Don Deignan, have been bound together by ties of Faith, shared adversity, abiding love and mutual loyalty. Donald Joseph grew up in poverty and endured unemployment after which he met a sudden and violen

The Other Side of Infamy

Author : Jim Downing
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1631466283
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book The Other Side of Infamy written by Jim Downing and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War is uncomfortable for Christians, and worldwide war is unfamiliar for today’s generations. Jim Downing reflects on his illustrious military career, including his experience during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to show how we can be people of faith during troubled times. The natural human impulse is to run from attack. Jim Downing—along with countless other soldiers and sailors at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—ran toward it, fighting to rescue his fellow navy men, to protect loved ones and civilians on the island, and to find the redemptive path forward from a devastating war. We are protected from war these days, but there was a time when war was very present in our lives, and in The Other Side of Infamy we learn from a veteran of Pearl Harbor and World War II what it means to follow Jesus into and through every danger, toil, and snare.