03339nam 2200661 a 450 991082044410332120200520144314.01-281-73454-397866117345410-300-13510-610.12987/9780300135107(CKB)1000000000473607(EBL)3420317(SSID)ssj0000132982(PQKBManifestationID)11135647(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000132982(PQKBWorkID)10041170(PQKB)11783030(MiAaPQ)EBC3420317(DE-B1597)485537(OCoLC)1024014887(DE-B1597)9780300135107(EXLCZ)99100000000047360720061115e20071994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCrossing the line a Bluejacket's odyssey in World War II /Alvin Kernan ; foreword by Donald Kagan and Frederick Kagan ; introduction by Lawrence Stone1st Yale University Press ed.New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press20071 online resource (209 p.)The Yale Library of military historyOriginally published: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, 1994.Includes index.0-300-12315-9 Frontmatter --Contents --FOREWORD --Introduction --PREFACE TO THE YALE EDITION --ONE.Snow --TWO.Boots --Three. Pearl --Four. Cruising --FIVE.Midway --SIX.Sunk --SEVEN.Wandering --Eight. Stateside --Nine. Black Panthers --Ten. Solo --Eleven .War's End --Twelve .Peace --Thirteen. Uncle Sugar --INDEXIn this memoir of life aboard aircraft carriers during World War II, Alvin Kernan combines vivid recollections of his experience as a young enlisted sailor with a rich historical account of the Pacific war. Kernan served in many battles and was aboard the Hornet when it was sunk by torpedoes in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands."One of the most arresting naval autobiographies yet published."-Sir John Keegan"An honest story of collective courage, evocative, well-written, and fixed before the colors fade."-Kirkus Reviews"[Kernan] recounts a wonderful and exciting American story about a poor farm boy from Wyoming who enlisted in the Navy. . . .[He] has written eight other books. I will go back and read them all."-John Lehman, Air & Space"Details . . . make the moment vivid; that is what it was like, on the Hornet in its last hours."-Samuel Hynes, New York Times Book ReviewYale library of military history.World War, 1939-1945Naval operations, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsPacific OceanWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanSailorsUnited StatesBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945Naval operations, American.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945Sailors940.54/5973092BKernan Alvin B196446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820444103321Crossing the Line3941239UNINA