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Military campaigns Pacific Ocean Sailfish (Submarine) Sculpin (Submarine) World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Pacific Ocean Drama World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American World War, 1939-1945 Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 Prisoners and prisons, JapaneseKershaw, Alex
Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.545 Kershaw 2008Moore, Stephen L.
Summary: In 1939 off the New England coast, the submarine USS Squalus accidentally sinks to the bottom of the sea during a training exercise, killing half her crew. Coming to the rescue is the USS Sculpin, in many ways the Squalus’s twin. As their oxygen supply dwindles, the remaining crew aboard the Squalus are saved in a time-consuming, white-knuckle operation. Eventually the sunken submarine is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Caliber, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Kershaw, Alex.
Summary: Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members, and their capture by the Japanese followed by months of brutal captivity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 940.5451 KERWheeler, Keith.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1979
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORAbraham, Philip
Summary: Relates the courage of John F. Kennedy during World War II, especially in saving his crew when they were stranded in the South Pacific after their PT boat was rammed by a Japanese warship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.5459 ABRDonovan, Robert J.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.545 DONManchester, William
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5483 MANLockwood, Charles A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crowell 1967
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 LOCHopkinson, Deborah
Summary: The story of America's little known war-within-a war -- that of the "silent service" -- U.S. submarine warfare during World War II.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 950.54 HOPBirdsall, Steve.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.544 BIRSummary: During World War II, onboard a ship in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, an event occurs unlike any that the United States Navy has ever experienced. A ship's captain is removed from his command by his executive officer in an apparent outright act of mutiny. As the trial of the mutineers unfold, it comes to light that Captain Queeg was mentally unstable, perhaps even insane. The Navy must then decide if...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CAISteinberg, Rafael
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time-Life Books 1978
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 940.53 WORKershaw, Alex.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5451 KERBlair, Joan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1979
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5472 BLASummary: An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2004
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORMcClain, S. (Sally)
Summary: Based on first-person accounts and Marine Corps documents, and featuring the original code dictionary, Navajo Weapon tells how the code talkers created a unique code within a code, served their country in combat, and saved American lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rio Nuevo Publishers 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5403 MCCSummary: Exposes the fatal errors, startling miscues, and bungled opportunities which turned the tide of the war and forever changed the course of history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Home Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WORMcCullough, Jonathan J.
Summary: "There was no way for the commander of the USS Sailfish to know that the Japanese aircraft carrier he just torpedoed actually had on board several crew members of the USS Sculpin, the sister sub to the Sailfish which had been sunk just days earlier by enemy fire. This is the extraordinary story of the events that led to this amazing twist of fate and what happened to the Sculpin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2008
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: By June 1942, the Japanese Navy has swept across the Pacific. In an effort to change the course of the war, a United States carrier group is positioned off the coast of Midway, tasked with springing a trap on the enemy. During this pivotal battle, the two-man crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber is forced to ditch in the sea. Set adrift, the men look towards their comrades for rescue.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Shout! Factory 2019
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DAUThomas, Evan
Summary: An account of the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 is told through the commands of four naval leaders, including two American commanders and two Japanese admirals, and offers insight into how the war reflected profound cultural differences.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2006
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 940.5426 THOSummary: Centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. The film, based on the real-life events of this heroic feat, tells the story of the leaders and soldiers who used their instincts, fortitude, and bravery to overcome the odds.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MIDCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Midway 2020Thomas, Evan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2006
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 940.5426 THOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5426 THOJones, 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