| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 337 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations, photographs, map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Silvis, Illinois : Christmas Eve, 1941 -- Part I: "Time is getting short so I'll say 'So long...'". At 'em Arizona -- "My brother joined up..." -- Unsettled seas -- Chasing ghosts: Thursday, December 4 -- Weekend dreaming: Friday, December 5 -- Part II: "Got to find my brother ..." -- "By this time next week..." : Saturday, December 6 -- Luck of the draw: Saturday, December 6 -- Dawn: Sunday, December 7 -- "Andy, who are those guys?": Sunday, December 7 -- "My brother's up there!": Sunday, December 7 -- "Abandon ship!": Sunday, December 7 -- Part III: "There's never a day goes by..." -- The waiting: Sunday, December 7 -- "Yesterday, December 7...": Monday, December 8 -- "The Secretary of the Navy regrets..." -- Those left to remember -- Epilogue: Brothers all -- Appendices. A: Brothers Serving on USS Arizona, December 7, 1941 -- B: US Battleships in Commission, 1941 -- Comparative ranks of Commissioned Officers in US Military Services -- D: World War II - era General protocols for naming US Navy ships -- E: Command Organization, US Pacific Fleet, Battle Force, December 7,1941. |
| Summary |
Discusses the fact that at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, many of the servicemen on the USS Arizona were blood relatives. |
| Subject |
Arizona (Battleship)
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| Subject(S) |
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Hawaii.
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Brothers.
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| ISBN |
9780316438889 (hardcover) |
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