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- Summary
- 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. In this eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack -- the first memoir by a survivor of the USS Arizona -- 94-year-old Donald Stratton shares his 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, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America's Second World War. As the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of six living survivors of the Arizona, offers an intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- viii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Larger print"--Page 4 of cover
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780062645791
- Label
- All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor
- Title
- All the gallant men
- Title remainder
- an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor
- Statement of responsibility
- Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- Title variation
- All the gallant men
- Title variation remainder
- an American sailors firsthand account of Pearl Harbor
- Subject
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- trueWorld War II
- trueSurvivor guilt
- truePearl Harbor, Attack on, 1941
- Large type books
- Arizona (Battleship)
- trueNaval battles
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- trueSailors
- Sailors -- United States -- Biography
- trueBurn victims
- trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- Personal narratives
- trueHistory Writing -- Military | Naval History
- trueArizona (Battleship)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- Stratton, Donald, 1922-
- United States -- Biography
- trueConvalescence
- Autobiographies
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- trueRevenge
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueLife change events
- trueHawaii -- History -- 20th century
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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. In this eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack -- the first memoir by a survivor of the USS Arizona -- 94-year-old Donald Stratton shares his 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, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America's Second World War. As the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attacks approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of six living survivors of the Arizona, offers an intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history
- Summary
- A first memoir by a USS Arizona survivor describes his witness to the attacks that left him with burns over more than 65 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
- Biography type
- autobiography
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- 10528958
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- Dewey number
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- 940.54/26693
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- D767.92
- LC item number
- .S845 2016b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Label
- All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- Note
- "Larger print"--Page 4 of cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-317)
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- 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
- Control code
- 21066897
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- viii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062645791
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780062645791
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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- (OCoLC)ocn949870347
- (OCoLC)949870347
- Label
- All the gallant men : an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- Note
- "Larger print"--Page 4 of cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-317)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
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- txt
- sti
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- 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
- Control code
- 21066897
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First HarperLuxe edition.
- Extent
- viii, 317 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780062645791
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780062645791
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn949870347
- (OCoLC)949870347
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- Arizona (Battleship)
- trueArizona (Battleship)
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBurn victims
- trueConvalescence
- trueHawaii -- History -- 20th century
- trueHistory Writing -- Military | Naval History
- trueHistory writing -- Wars and conflicts -- World War II -- Pacific Theater
- Large type books
- trueLife change events
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | War and oppression | War survivors
- trueNaval battles
- Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives
- truePearl Harbor, Attack on, 1941
- Personal narratives
- trueRevenge
- trueSailors
- Sailors -- United States -- Biography
- Stratton, Donald, 1922-
- trueSurvivor guilt
- United States -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- History, Military -- 20th century
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
Genre
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBiography
- trueHistory Writing
- trueHistory writing
- trueLife stories
- truePersonal narratives
- truePersonal narratives, American
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