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Details

Description

1. xxiii, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits; 25 cm

Summary

1. The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 crippled America's battleship fleet, thousands of lives were lost, and the United States was propelled into a world war. Few realize that aboard the iconic, ill-fated USS Arizona were an incredible 79 blood relatives. Tragically, in an era when family members serving together was an accepted, even encouraged, practice, sixty-three of the Arizona's 1,177 dead turned out to be brothers. Borneman guides readers on an unforgettable journey of sacrifice and heroism, all told through the lives of these brothers and their fateful experience on the Arizona. --

Alternative title

1. Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the USS Arizona

Subject

1. Arizona (Battleship)
2. Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
3. World War (1939-1945)
4. 1939-1945
5. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
6. Brothers > United States > History > 20th century
7. Sailors > United States > History > 20th century
8. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Hawaii
9. HISTORY / Military / World War II
10. HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
11. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
12. Brothers
13. Military campaigns
14. Hawaii
15. Hawaii > Pearl Harbor

Contents

1. Prologue: Silvis, Illinois; Christmas Eve, 1941 -- "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 -- "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 -- "There's never a day goes by...". The waiding: Sunday, December 7 ; "Yesterday, December 7...": Monday, December 8 ; "The secretary of the Navy regrets..." ; Those left to remember -- Epilogue: Brothers all -- Appendices: Brothers serving on USS Arizona, December 7, 1941 ; US battleships in commission, 1941 ; Comparative ranks of commissioned officers in US military services ; World War II-era general protocols for naming US Navy ships ; Command organization, US Pacific Fleet, battle force, December 7, 1941.

Call number

1. JFE 19-9703

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index.

Author

1. Borneman, Walter R., 1952- author.

Title

1. Brothers down : Pearl Harbor and the fate of the many brothers aboard the USS Arizona / Walter R. Borneman.

Publisher

1. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2019.

Copyright date

1. ©2019

Edition

1. First edition.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-322) and index.

Chronological term

1. 1939-1945

LCCN

1. 2019932184

ISBN

1. 9780316438889 (hc)
2. 031643888X

Research call number

1. JFE 19-9703