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The Second Pearl Harbor : the West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944 / Gene Eric Salecker.

Van Pelt Library D767.92 .S33 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor.
World War, 1939-1945.
Marine accidents--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
Marine accidents.
Explosions--Hawaii--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
Explosions.
History.
Hawaii--Pearl Harbor.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xvii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2014]
Contents:
Operation Forager
Rehearsal for disaster
The LST
West Loch, Pearl Harbor
A busy saturday morning
A sunny sunday morning
Prelude to disaster
Explosion
Hell
Hell from afar
Nowhere seemed safe
The second big explosion
Escape
Inaction and indecision
The rescuers
The third explosion
Another victim
Safely ashore
The drifting menace
The last big hurrah
The next twenty-four hours
The Court of Inquiry
Salvage
Censored.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780806144764
0806144769
OCLC:
871228263

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