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Day of Infamy by Walter Lord
bookshelves: nonfic-nov-2015, nonfiction, history, wwii, published-1957, nautical-history
Read from April 18 to November 14, 2015
Narrated by Grover Gardner 6 hrs and 50 minsDescription: Day of Infamy is Walter Lord's gripping, vivid re-creation of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The listener accompanies Admiral Nagumo's task force as it sweeps toward Hawaii; looks on while warning after warning is ignored on Oahu; and is enmeshed in the panic, confusion, and heroism of the final attack.
The best title for today, after the Friday 13th terrorism in Paris yeah, Day of Infamy indeed.Short enough to keep my attention whilst hands were busy with chores, unsettling that no-one took the radar blips seriously.
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