Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy

by Berry Craig

When the air raid alarm sounded around 7:55 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Gunner's Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah was preparing to participate in morning colors aboard the USS Arizona. In the scramble for battle stations, Vessels quickly climbed to a machine gun platform high atop the mainmast as others descended below decks to help pass ammunition up to gunners. At 8:06, a bomb exploded and the Arizona sank. Vessels's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949669270
• ISBN13: 9781949669275
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: South Limestone
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up