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World War II: Carrier War

By Stephen W. Sears

Book information

Publisher
Inc., New Word City
Year
2015
ISBN
9781612308524
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (2841888 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-01-03 07:42:55
History; Military; Nonfiction; HIS027100

Description

At dusk on December 8, 1941, the carrier Enterprise and her escort of cruisers and destroyers entered Pearl Harbor. Officers and men lined the rails, watching in stunned silence. The twisted, smoldering superstructure of the Arizona was still aflame, and there was a stench of charred wood and fuel oil in the air. "Morale went to nothing just about then," said an officer on one of the escorting cruisers. "We were sick and shocked. We couldn't believe that this had happened to us." Through the night, the crew of the Enterprise, under the command of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey, took on fuel, provisions, and ammunition. Before dawn it was back at sea. The Enterprise was just one of the carriers that won the war in the Pacific. Here is the extraordinary story of the men and ships that turned the tide of the war.

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