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Author Sullivan, James, 1965- author.

Title Unsinkable : five men and the indomitable run of the U.S.S. Plunkett / James Sullivan.

Publisher New York : Scribner, 2020.
2020

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ITEM LOC CALL # STATUS
 Bayfield nonfiction  940.54 SUL    AVAILABLE
 Superior adult nonfiction  940.5426 Su54u    AVAILABLE
Descript xii, 399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Note Nonfiction.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-399).
Contents Part I: The Dawn -- The Goddamned Harbor -- Boston -- Underway -- Overland -- Casablanca -- Steaming as Before -- Part II: The Med -- Thornton, Colorado -- Sicily -- Palermo -- The Boot -- Readying -- Salerno -- Part II: The Dusk -- Overland, Missouri -- The Fall -- Anzio -- Aftermath.
Summary Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.
Subject Plunkett (Destroyer)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Anzio.
United States. Navy -- Biography.
Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
Genre Biographies.
Added Title Unsinkable : 5 men and the indomitable run of the U.S.S. Plunkett
ISBN/ISSN 9781982147631 hardcover
1982147636 hardcover