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Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor - Stories from the Day of Infamy (Hardcover)
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Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor - Stories from the Day of Infamy (Hardcover)
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When the air raid alarm sounded around 7:55 a.m. on December 7,
1941, Gunner's Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah
was preparing to participate in morning colors aboard the USS
Arizona. In the scramble for battle stations, Vessels quickly
climbed to a machine gun platform high atop the mainmast as others
descended below decks to help pass ammunition up to gunners. At
8:06, a bomb exploded and the Arizona sank. Vessels's lofty perch
saved his life, but most of his shipmates were not so lucky. In
Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor, Berry Craig employs an impressive
array of newspapers, unpublished memoirs, oral histories, and
official military records to offer a ground-up look at the day that
Franklin D. Roosevelt said would "live in infamy," and its
aftermath in the Bluegrass State. In a series of vignettes, Craig
uncovers the untold, forgotten, or little-known stories of ordinary
people - military and civilian - on the most extraordinary day of
their lives. Craig concludes by exploring the home front reaction
to this pivotal event in American history. Japan's surprise attack
on Pearl Harbor swept away any illusions Kentuckians had about
being able to stay out of World War II. From Paducah to Pikeville,
people sprang to action. Their voices emerge and come back to life
in this engaging and timely history.
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