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Unsinkable : five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett / James Sullivan.

Summary:

Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982147631
  • ISBN: 1982147636
  • Physical Description: xiii, 399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-399).
Formatted Contents Note:
List of crew members -- The dawn. The goddamned harbor ; Boston ; Underway ; Overland ; Casablanca ; Steaming as before -- The Med. Thornton, Colorado ; Sicily ; Palermo ; The boot ; Readying ; Salerno -- The dusk. Overland, Missouri ; The fall ; Anzio ; Aftermath -- Appendix: Killed and missing in action at Anzio.
Subject:
Plunkett (Destroyer : DD 431)
United States. Navy > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy > Anzio.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Personal narratives.
Biographies.

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  • 38 of 39 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library 940.5459 SUL (Text) 36015000447793 Adult Nonfiction Available -