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Author:

Deutermann, Peter T. 1941- author.

Title:

Trial by fire / P.T. Deutermann.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

pages cm

Subject:

Franklin (Aircraft carrier)--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean--Fiction.

Summary:

"Based on a true story--P.T. Deutermann's Trial by Fire is a dramatic WWII novel of attack, survival, and triumph on board an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. March 19, 1945: The war in the Pacific approaches its apocalyptic climax. The largest wartime armada ever assembled, Task Force 58, is closing in on Okinawa; once taken, it will finally put American B-29 bombers in range of the home islands of Japan-and victory. At the heart of the fleet are 14 Essex-class aircraft carriers, including the USS Franklin, known as "Big Ben"-a 27,000-ton behemoth, home to 3,500 crewmen and 100 aircraft. Just after dawn, while crewmen prepare for battle, a single Japanese Yokosuka D4Y breaks through the clouds and drops two 500-pound bombs on Big Ben. The first rips through the flight deck's 3-inch armor to the hangar deck, exploding amidst two dozen planes carrying 36,000 gallons of gas and 30 tons of explosives. Rockets and bombs howl in all directions. Hundreds of men are forced to leap into the sea to escape, leavingthe captain with only one third of his crew; there are more dead, wounded, and trapped men left onboard than able-bodied sailors. Trial By Fire is the gripping novelization of how, against all odds, the sailors of the Franklin were able to save their ship, after 3 agonizing days of battling the flames that ultimately claimed the lives of 832 men and injured 300 more. Readers will be astounded and humbled by the heroic actions of a few brave sailors in the face of catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Adult fiction on order
P.T. Deutermann WWII novels

ISBN:

1250273048 : HRD
9781250273048 : HRD

LCCN:

2021006883

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