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Search - Lucky Lady: The World War II Heroics of the Uss Sante Fe and Franklin

Lucky Lady The World War II Heroics of the Uss Sante Fe and Franklin
Author: Steve Jackson

"In that hell on water, big girders twisted like taffy and melted steel ran like ice cream in the sun. . . . Detonated rockets swept the blazing deck at waist level." –NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, just days after the March 19, 1945 bombing of the USS Franklin Toward the end of World War II, the Japanese high command designated the destruction ... more »of American aircraft carriers, which they considered symbols of supreme power, a major key to keeping their country free from invasion. And they advocated any means necessary—including attacks by the infamous suicide pilots called kamikazes. On March 19, 1945, it wasn’t a kamikaze but a conventional Japanese bomber that broke through U. S. air cover and screamed toward the USS Franklin. With two 500-pound bombs, the Japanese pilot pierced the ship’s decks, setting off onboard ammunition and fuel, killing hundreds of officers and enlisted men in just the first few moments, and thrusting the lives of nearly 3,000 other American seamen and aviators into mortal danger. As the Franklin listed dangerously near capsizing, the light cruiser USS Santa Fe, known as the Lucky Lady, bellied up alongside her flaming hull and attempted the most daring rescue in U. S. naval history. Author Steve Jackson has recreated the legendary World War II careers of the Franklin—the most decorated naval vessel of the war—and the Santa Fe—unparalleled in frontline service and avoiding casualties—through the eyes of the men onboard. Perspectives range from the highest levels of rank and flying altitude to the bottom of the pecking order and deep within the ships’ bowels. Through the bloody years of the Pacific campaign—from Pearl Harbor to the Philippines to the waters just off the coast of Japan, and finally the decimated city of Nagasaki—the crewmembers encountered all the circumstances of war, from leaving loved ones back home; adapting to the routines of Navy life; braving kamikazes, typhoons, and ship-to-ship combat; and coping with the deaths of crewmates. They helped define the "Greatest Generation," and in this magnificent volume, readers come to know them as ordinary men thrown into extraordinary circumstances. This is the story of Americans performing the ultimate in sacrifice and heroism, a story vast and varied, yet human in scale—a fitting tribute that has stirring echoes in our present time.

ISBN-13: 9780786710614
ISBN-10: 0786710616
Publication Date: 11/25/2002
Pages: 528
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Publisher: Carroll Graf Publishers
Book Type: Hardcover
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History >> Military >> United States >> General
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