Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor : stories from the day of infamy /

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"When the air raid alarm sounded around 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Gunner's Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah was preparing to participate in morning colors aboard the USS Arizona. In the scramble for battle stations, Vessels quickly climbed to a machine gun platform hi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Craig, Berry (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Lexington, Kentucky] : South Limestone, [2020]
Subjects:
1939-1945
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
Pearl Harbor, Attaque sur, 1941.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Hawaii
Kentucky
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • America and Japan: "Face-to-Face Like Duelists at the Salute"
  • "We Are Too Big, Too Powerful, and Too Strong"
  • The Arizona and the Oklahoma
  • Elsewhere on Battleship Row
  • Cruisers, Tin Cans, Friendly Fire, a Cutter, and Marines
  • The Dungaree Navy
  • The Army
  • Civvy Street, Hawaii
  • Keeping the Home Fires Ablaze
  • Epilogue: Survivors Post-Pearl Harbor.

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