Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor [electronic resource] : stories from the day of infamy / Berry Craig.

"When the air raid alarm sounded around 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Gunner's Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah was preparing to participate in morning colors aboard the USS Arizona. In the scramble for battle stations, Vessels quickly climbed to a machine gun platform high atop th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Craig, Berry (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : South Limestone, [2020]
Subjects:
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
World War, 1939-1945 > Kentucky.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2020 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2020 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories From the Day of Infamy
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • America and Japan: "Face-to-Face Like Duelists at the Salute"
  • "We Are Too Big, Too Powerful, and Too Strong"
  • The Arizona and the Oklahoma
  • Elsewhere on Battleship Row
  • Cruisers, Tin Cans, Friendly Fire, a Cutter, and Marines
  • The Dungaree Navy
  • The Army
  • Civvy Street, Hawaii
  • Keeping the Home Fires Ablaze
  • Epilogue: Survivors Post-Pearl Harbor.