Description
The tragic sight of the usArizona burning after the attack on Pearl Harbor is etched within the collective memory of the USA citizens that lived through that infamous day. The ship sustained more losses in at some point than every other ship within the U.S. Navy’s history–1,177 men. Now to be had in paperback, Battleship Arizona describes in detail the battleship’s twenty-five-year career, including the attack at Pearl Harbor, by way of the riveting stories of her survivors. Paul Stillwell draws on just about 100 interviews of former crewmen and countless official documents to provide a full history of the famous warship.