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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Stratton, Donald, 1922-     Subjects     Stratton, Donald, 1922-     Arizona (Battleship)     United States. Navy -- Biography.     Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives, American     Sailors -- United States -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Stratton, Donald, 1922-       by title:      All the gallant men ...       by call number:      940.5426 S911a     Search the Web     Stratton, Donald, 1922-     Stratton, Donald, 1922-     Arizona (Battleship)     United States. Navy -- Biography.     Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives, American     Sailors -- United States -- Biography.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area.       MARC Display

All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor / Donald Stratton with Ken Gire. by Stratton, Donald, 1922- William Morrow, [2016] Call #: 940.5426 S911a Subjects Stratton, Donald, 1922-   Arizona (Battleship)   United States. Navy -- Biography.   Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives, American   Sailors -- United States -- Biography.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. ISBN:  9780062645357 (hc.) Alternate title:  All the gallant men : the first memoir by a USS Arizona survivor Pearl Harbor : an American sailor's firsthand account Edition:  First edition. Description:  viii, 306 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-287) and index. Contents:  Prologue: The awakening -- A child of the Depression -- To sea on the Arizona -- The last night -- December 7th -- The damage -- Among angels -- America responds -- Recovery -- Home to Red Cloud -- Back in the fight -- Endgame -- The lessons of Pearl Harbor -- Remembering the Arizona -- Preparing for the seventy-fifth anniversary -- Epilogue: The reunion. Summary:  A memoir by a USS Arizona survivor describes his experience of the attacks that left him with burns over more than sixty-five percent of his body, his resolve to reenter service after a grueling recovery, and his contributions to some of the Pacific's most violent battles. A gripping, intimate, and inspiring account of Pearl Harbor by a USS Arizona survivor. At 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Seaman First Class 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, Don, a 19-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 rope tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor's flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart. Now, 94-year-old Donald Stratton shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his determination to return to the fight. Don and four other sailors made it safely across the same line that morning, a small miracle on a day that claimed the lives of 1,177 of their Arizona shipmates - approximately half the American fatalities at Pearl Harbor. Sent to military hospitals for a year, Don refused doctors' advice to amputate his limbs and battled to relearn how to walk. The U.S. Navy gave him a medical discharge, believing he would never again be fit for service, but Don had unfinished business. In June 1944, he sailed back into the teeth of the Pacific War on a destroyer, destined for combat in the crucial battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa. As the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks approaches, Don, one of six living survivors of the Arizona, offers an unprecedentedly intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history. Genre:  Memoirs. Other authors:  Gire, Ken. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.5426 S911a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 940.5426 S911a Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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