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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Originally published: Lanham : Madison Books, 1991. |
| Summary |
"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 |
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Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Pearl Harbor: Geographical and Historical Background; The Battle of Pearl Harbor: The Official Account of the US Navy; 7 December 1941: The Day of Infamy; On the Island; Mapping a Tropical Forest; Military Intelligence; Radar Reconnaissance; Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Field; Hickam Field; Ford Island; CinCPac Headquarters; Coastal Artillery; The Punchbowl; Semper Fidelis; Inside the Inferno; An Outpatient; An Inpatient; A Nurse's Station; Taking a Prisoner; A Civilian Reports; Battleship Row; The USS Neosho; The USS Maryland. |
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The USS OklahomaThe USS Tennessee; The USS Arizona; The USS Vestal; The USS Nevada; The Navy Yard; The USS Shaw; The USS Oglala; The USS Helena; The USS Rigel; The USS Cummings; The USS Honolulu; The USS Tautog; The USS Pelias; Around the Harbor; The USS Solace; The USS Phoenix; The USS Dobbin; The USS Worden; The USS MacDonough; The USS Selfridge; The USS Utah; The USS Curtiss; 8 December 1941: The Day After; Waikiki: Securing the First Beachhead; Cleaning Up the Navy Yard; Burying the Dead; A Reunion; About the Author. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Personal narratives -- American.
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Oral history -- Hawaii -- Oahu.
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Oral history. |
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Hawaii -- Oahu. |
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Oahu (Hawaii) -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Hawaii. |
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United States. |
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Attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii : 1941) |
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1900-1999 |
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Personal Narrative.
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Military history.
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Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Travers, Paul J. (Paul Joseph), 1951- Eyewitness to infamy. Guilford, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2016] 9781493023431 (DLC) 2016023818 (OCoLC)913845440 |
| ISBN |
9781493023448 (electronic book) |
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1493023446 (electronic book) |
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9781493023431 |
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1493023438 |
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9780819180582 |
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0819180580 |
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