USS Arizona: Warship, Tomb, Monument

ISBN-10: 1573062804
ISBN-13: 9781573062800
Category: Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Pages: 116
Language: English
Published: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Bess PressInc
Author: MacKinnon Simpson

Description

Laying where she sank, in the silt of Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona has impacted millions of lives since the milli-second BOOM! that split her hull and snuffed out the lives of 1177 men aboard her. This book pays tribute to the ship and her crews, telling of the fascinating life she led before her demise with rarely-before-seen pictures and poignant stories of her symbolism throughout the years.

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