Aimed at the general reader with an interest in World War II and the U.S. Navy; this book looks at the massive salvage effort that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor; beginning with the damage control efforts aboard the sinking and damaged ships in the harbor on 7 December 1941 and ending in March 1944 when salvage efforts on the USS Utah were finally abandoned. Dan Madsen describes the Navy's dramatic race to clear the harbor and repair as many ships as possible so they could return to the fleet ready for war. Numerous photographs; many never before published in books for the general public; give readers a real appreciation for the momentous task involved; from the raising of the USS Oglala in 1942 and the USS Oklahoma in 1943 to the eventual dismantling of the above-water portions of the USS Arizona.
#391627 in Books imusti 2016-11-08 2016-11-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .80 x 5.80l; 1.25 #File Name: 1590518071192 pagesOther Press (NY)
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A Moving StoryBy Dr. Barry R. Leventhal; Distinguished Senior ProfessorOne of the most moving stories to come out of the Holocaust. Friiedlander takes us back to the years leading up to World War II; from the period of his childhood to his contribution to the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948. The reader travels with him as he struggles with the memories of his past to his rediscovery of who he is as a Jewish young man. The reader will be drawn into his or her own past to discover how one's memory of the past forges one's present reality.Barry R. Leventhal; Ph.D.Distinguished Senior ProfessorFormer Provost and Academic DeanSouthern Evangelical Seminary0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Riveting; wrenchingBy Peter MeyersThis tale of a young boy; who makes his way without any family through Nazi occupied France and then onto a career as a leading historian; is gripping.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Insightful self-assessment of leading historianBy David H.Fascinating; well-written account of youth and early career of an eminent historian. Be sure to reach the next volume; just published.
