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)
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy -- Anzio.
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United States. Navy -- Biography.
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Sailors -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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Added Title |
Unsinkable : 5 men and the indomitable run of the U.S.S. Plunkett |
ISBN/ISSN |
9781982147631 hardcover |
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1982147636 hardcover |
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