Jones, Brent E.

Summary: "An intimate true account of Americans at war, Days of Steel Rain is an epic drama about an unlikely group of men forced to work together in the face of an increasingly desperate enemy during the final year of World War II. Sprawling across the Pacific, this untold story follows the crew of the newly-built "vengeance ship" USS Astoria, named after her sunken predecessor lost earlier in the war....

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2021

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Freeman, Gregory A.

Summary: In the vein of Crimson Tide, with action pulled straight from a high seas thriller, this is the exciting story of a mutiny that the U.S. Navy denies to this day. In 1972, the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin when many of the five thousand men cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the unpopular war rioted -- or, as Freeman claims, mutinied. Most disturbingly,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Palgrave Macmillan 2009

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Kernan, Alvin B.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Naval Institute Press 1994

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Maher, Robert A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Kent State University Press 1998

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Stratton, Donald

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.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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Raymer, Edward C.

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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 1999

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Sullivan, James

Summary: Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2020

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