Wednesday, July 12, 2017

All the gallant men - an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor

Author: Donald Stratton
Stars: 2
Review by: MApgar

I really really hate to say this about an Arizona survivor, but his writing is rather dull. He is an American hero and an honor to his country but the book just wasn't very focused and frankly, he isn't that interesting of a guy to hold a memoir until that key moment. It is the only memoir of an USS Arizona survivor, and probably the only one we'll ever have, and for his account of Pearl Harbor itself the book is fine. It is when he goes into his early life, and random things after, that he sort of loses himself and the focus of things.

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