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Brothers DownWalter R. Borneman

Brothers Down

2019337 pages
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"Discusses the fact that at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, many of the servicemen on the USS Arizona were blood relatives." -- The surprise attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 crippled America's battleship fleet, thousands of lives were lost, and the United States was propelled into a world war. Few realize that aboard the iconic, ill-fated USS Arizona were an incredible 79 blood relatives. Tragically, in an era when family members serving together was an accepted, even encouraged, practice, sixty-three of the Arizona's 1,177 dead turned out to be brothers. Borneman…

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  • Hardcover · English · 2019
    Little, Brown and Company · 337 pages · 9780316438889
Pearl harbor (hawaii), attack on, 1941World war, 1939-1945, hawaiiWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsBrothersArizona (Battleship)HISTORY / Military / World War IIHISTORY / United States / 20th Century