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Unsinkable : five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett

Summary: Documents the true story of a U.S. Navy destroyer that inspired the writings of John Ford and Herman Wouk, drawing on the journals and other writings of five shipmates who witnessed the Anzio attacks and D-Day invasion.

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  • ISBN: 1982147636
  • ISBN: 9781982147631
  • Physical Description: xiii, 399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
    print
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-399).
Formatted Contents Note: List of crew members -- The dawn. The goddamned harbor ; Boston ; Underway ; Overland ; Casablanca ; Steaming as before -- The Med. Thornton, Colorado ; Sicily ; Palermo ; The boot ; Readying ; Salerno -- The dusk. Overland, Missouri ; The fall ; Anzio ; Aftermath -- Appendix: Killed and missing in action at Anzio.
Subject: Sailors United States Biography
World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Italy Anzio
World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American
United States. Navy Biography
Plunkett (Destroyer : DD 431)
Genre: Biographies.
Personal narratives.

Available copies

  • 36 of 36 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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Madison Main Library NF 940.54 SUL (Text) 30229101194339 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Mars Hill Library NF 940.54 SUL (Text) 30229101194347 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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