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"" Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: High on the bridge of the USS West Virginia Sfc. Lee Ebner was looking forward to the end of his watch and a relaxed Sunday morning breakfast. But the two low-flying planes painted with rising sun insignia and bearing down on the ship had other plans for...

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Main Author: Kelly, Arthur L., 1925-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [1997]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Military campaigns.
Armed Forces.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles.
World War, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns.
United States.
Kentucky.
Kentucky > Biographies.
Kentucky > Biography.
United States > Armed Forces > Biography.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"" Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941: High on the bridge of the USS West Virginia Sfc. Lee Ebner was looking forward to the end of his watch and a relaxed Sunday morning breakfast. But the two low-flying planes painted with rising sun insignia and bearing down on the ship had other plans for him and his fellow seamen. Ten hours later, at Clark Field in the Philippines, Pfc. Jack Reed felt the brunt of another Japanese air attack and within weeks found himself a part of the gruesome Bataan Death March that was to claim the lives of hundred of his comrades. On another continent, four years into
Item Description:Wartime experiences of twelve Kentuckians based on interviews the author held with them.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780813145990

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