Eyewitness to infamy : an oral history of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 / / Paul Joseph Travers

• Autore: Travers Paul J (Paul Joseph), <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Guilford, Connecticut : , : Lyons Press, , 2016
• Edizione: [Second edition].
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.54/26693
• Soggetto topico: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 - United States
• Soggetto geografico: Oahu (Hawaii) History, Military 20th century
• Nota di contenuto: Part I. On the island -- Mapping a tropical forest / William Showen -- Military intelligence / Gerald M. VanDyke -- Radar reconaissance / Richard Schimmel -- Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Field / Hugh Law and Albert Glenn -- Hickam Field / Nicholas Gaynos and William Rolfe -- Ford Island / Harry Mead -- CINCPAC Headquarters / Walter Hoffland -- Coastal artillery / Roy Blick and Alex Cobb -- The Punchbowl / W.J. Walker -- Semper Fidelis / James Arion Jenkins -- Inside the inferno / John Kuzma -- An outpatient / Don Jones -- An inpatient / Howard Ward -- A nurse's station / Myrtle Watson -- Taking a prisoner / Irvin Knipp -- A civilian reports / David Thompson -- Part II. Battleship row -- The USS Neosho / Earl Allen -- The USS Maryland / Carl Whitaker -- The USS Oklahoma / William M. Hobby -- The USS Tennessee / Jimmy Anders and M. Joseph McDonald -- The USS Arizona / John Rampley -- The USS Vestal / Bill Steedly -- The USS Nevada / Joseph Taussig -- Part III. The Navy Yard -- The USS Shaw / William Leckemby -- The USS Oglala / Robert Hudson -- The USS Helena / Ted Blahnik -- The USS Rigel / Ed Seiser -- The USS Cummings / Bert Rogers -- The USS Honolulu / Cal Fields -- The USS Tautog / Bill Seach -- The USS Pelias / Kenneth Klem and Frederick Curnow -- Part IV. Around the harbor -- The USS Solace / Ed Johann -- The USS Phoenix / William Rush -- The USS Dobbin / E.J. Abrisch -- The USS Worden / John Beasley -- The USS MacDonough / George Patterson -- The USS Selfridge / Henry Wrubel -- The USS Utah / Melvin Bacon -- The USS Curtiss / Wallace Brown -- Part V.: 8 December 1941: the day after -- Waikiki: securing the first beachhead / Herman J. Travers -- Cleaning up the Navy Yard / Malburne Peabody -- Burying the dead / Melvin Faulkner -- A reunion / Lloyd Johnson.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II. Yet in the long and fascinating body of literature about this terrible event, most historians have neglected the compelling and moving accounts of the surviving military personnel and civilians who were on Oahu at the time of the attack, at dawn on December 7, 1941. Eyewitness to Infamy is their story--the astonishing oral history of the brutal attack that pushed the United States into WWII on the side of the Allies: the British, French, and Russians. With the help of the Pearl Harbor Survivors' Association, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion, Paul Travers collected more than 200 eyewitness accounts from which he painstakingly selected those critical to this behind-the-scenes narrative account. With breathtaking clarity, the narratives cover the full range of military activity on the island, along battleship row, and around the harbor, while portraying the human side of the event--the heroic, the tragic, and the terrible reality of the assault"--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: Eyewitness to infamy
• ISBN: 1-4930-2343-8; 1-4930-2344-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818545103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II