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I found this to be a very good accounting of the historical even of Pearl Harbor. I‘ve visited personally the Arizona memorial and it was interesting to read an accounting of events by someone who lived through it.

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Written by true American hero about the Heroes of the USS ARIZONA. For Memorial Day, forget not those that never stopped wearing the uniform 🇺🇸

#recentnonfictionread An interesting and important read for my book club, but I was a bit disappointed. 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

In the beginning, he takes great care to explain that the statistics of Pearl Harbor are more than that. He provides names and stories of some of the men who died. But when we get to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it's just statistics. I needed a story about someone lost that day. Just one. #marchintoreading @RealLifeReading

Hands down one of the best books I have ever read! Told from Donald Stratton's point of view, the reader is taken from Depression-era Nebraska to Pearl Harbor to the shores of Japan. What struck me was it was not a tale of daring deeds done by Stratton, but a tale of everybody he saw who went above and beyond. The book is a celebration of them. Hint: Read with a box of tissues.
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I was a sobbing mess when I read this in the break room at work today. Gotta love a good book.
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"Such is the way to the stars."
Brought me to tears when I read it and I'm tearing up now just thinking about it.
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My first must read book of 2017. A harrowing account of a WWII survivor. I was intrigued from the first sentence until the last.

Still relevant today.

Looking for a book about war for #readharder? I highly recommend this one, but get your Kleenex ready. It's heavy on the heart. 94-yr-old author is 1 of 5 surviving crewmen of the USS Arizona-the battleship that went down at Pearl Harbor. It's a raw firsthand look at this horrific event, the harrowing rescue + inspiring backstory, including Stratton's heartfelt trips back to the Memorial in HI to honor his shipmates. A life-changing read. #LetterS

"Sometimes a person forgets things like that, especially being an ocean away from what you know is the right way to live a life." -Donald Sutton with Ken Gire
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A sobering, enlightening read from one of the last few survivors of the Arizona that was bombed the morning of December 7, 1941. Told in a easily readable way, even when it veers into the chronological review of the events, it's an important and timely remembrance of those young men who gave the ultimate sacrifice 75 years ago. Definitely a top #WW2 book of 2016. #History #75thAnniversary #PearlHarbor

Thank you for your service, sir. A must read.

How prostitutes helped the men wounded in the midst of the chaos at #PearlHarbor. I never knew this! #WW2 #WWII

This is a fantastic book so far. Very fast-paced and fascinating storytelling from a USS Arizona survivor from Pearl Harbor. Also an important read as we just remembered the 75th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor a few weeks back. #WW2 #History #75thAnniversary

This memorial for the USS Arizona is beautiful. I love the patriotic winter flowers that surround all of the medallions.

Spending some time at USS Arizona Memorial on UA Mall before the Prologue of Books begins for #TucsonFestivalofBooks. This medallion memorializes the youngest enlisted man, I think, aboard the USS Arizona.

Our Staff Pick Sunday is from Exec Editor, Peter!

94-year-old Don Stratton has survived the Depression; the explosion of his ship, the USS Arizona, during the attack on at Pearl Harbor; then a grueling year-long recovery from 3rd-degree burns … only to reenlist in the Navy in early 1944 and serve on a destroyer in the Pacific. ALL THE GALLANT MEN is the first memoir by an Arizona survivor – we couldn‘t be prouder to be a part of it.