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All the Gallant Men

An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor

All the Gallant Men( )
Author: Stratton, Donald
Gire, Ken
ISBN:978-0-06-264579-1
Publication Date:Dec 2016
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Harper Large Print
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $27.99
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At 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Stratton, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a thin line...
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Stratton, Donald (Author)
Donald Stratton was born in 1922 and raised in Nebraska. He joined the United States Navy and served on the battleship USS Arizona. Following the Pearl Harbor attacks and his recovery, he reenlisted and served on the destroyer USS Stack. He was involved in the campaigns for New Guinea, the Philippines, and Okinawa. His memoir, All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor, written with Ken Gire and published in 2016.

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