A Blue Sea of Blood

A Blue Sea of Blood
Title A Blue Sea of Blood PDF eBook
Author Donald M. Kehn
Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA
Pages 321
Release 2009-01-15
Genre History
ISBN 1616732385

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On the morning of March 1, 1942, the WWI-era destroyer USS Edsall—under orders to deliver some forty Army Air Force fighter crews to the beleaguered island of Java—split off from the USS Whipple and the tanker Pecos and was never seen again by Allied forces. Despite the later discovery of bodies identified as Edsall crew members near a remote airfield on the coast of Celebes, what happened to the ship remains a matter of mystery and, perhaps, deliberate obfuscation. This book explores the many puzzling facets of the Edsall’s disappearance in order to finally tell the full story of the fate of the vessel and her crew. Based on exhaustive research of the historical record—including newly deciphered Japanese documents and previously unrevealed material from the crew’s family members—A Blue Sea of Blood offers a painstaking reconstruction of the ship’s history. The book investigates not only the Edsall’s mysterious final action, but also her wide-ranging pre-war career and the curious uses to which her story was put—generally under false pretenses—first by the pre-war US Navy and then by the Japanese wartime propaganda machine. And finally, military historian Donald Kehn considers the circumstances surrounding the curious obscurity of the Edsall’s heroic service and final battle in American histories. Redressing six decades of official indifference, Kehn’s account recovers a significant chapter missing from the history of World War II—and tells a long-overdue story of courage and tragic loss.

Blue Skies and Blood

Blue Skies and Blood
Title Blue Skies and Blood PDF eBook
Author Edwin Palmer Hoyt
Publisher iBooks
Pages 0
Release 2003
Genre History
ISBN 9780743458351

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In this exciting work, an eminent authority on naval history offers a definitive account of one of the most critical naval battles of World War II in the Pacific.

The Blue Ocean's Daughter

The Blue Ocean's Daughter
Title The Blue Ocean's Daughter PDF eBook
Author Cyrus Townsend Brady
Publisher
Pages 372
Release 1907
Genre
ISBN

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Complete Poetical Works

Complete Poetical Works
Title Complete Poetical Works PDF eBook
Author Amy Lowell
Publisher
Pages 648
Release 1925
Genre American poetry
ISBN

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A collection of the works of American poet Amy Lowell.

The Children's Crusade

The Children's Crusade
Title The Children's Crusade PDF eBook
Author Gabriel Pierné
Publisher New York : G. Schirmer
Pages 240
Release 1906
Genre Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
ISBN

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American Notes and Queries

American Notes and Queries
Title American Notes and Queries PDF eBook
Author William Shepard Walsh
Publisher
Pages 336
Release 1890
Genre Literature
ISBN

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Pigeon Blood Rubies

Pigeon Blood Rubies
Title Pigeon Blood Rubies PDF eBook
Author Matthias McDonnell Bodkin
Publisher
Pages 320
Release 1915
Genre Beck, Paul (Fictitious character)
ISBN

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