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Author:
Salecker, Gene Eric, 1957-
Title:
The Second Pearl Harbor : the West Loch Disaster, May 21, 1944 / Gene Eric Salecker.
Publisher:
University of Oklahoma Press,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xvii, 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Pearl Harbor.--Pearl Harbor.
Marine accidents--Pearl Harbor--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
Explosions--Pearl Harbor--Pearl Harbor--History--20th century.
World War (1939-1945)
Explosions.
Marine accidents.
Hawaii--Pearl Harbor.
1900 - 1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN:
0806144769 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780806144764 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)871228263
LCCN:
2013046738
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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