Day of Infamy - Pearl Harbour - 7th December 1941

Lord?s classic, bestselling account of the bombing of Pearl Harbour. The Day of Infamy began as a quiet morning on the American naval base at Pearl Harbour. But as Japan?s deadly torpedoes suddenly rained down on the Pacific fleet, soldiers, generals, and civilians alike felt shock, then fear, then rage. From the chaos, a thousand personal stories of courage emerged. Drawn from hundreds of interviews, letters, and diaries, Lord recounts the many tales of heroism and tragedy by those who experienced the attack firsthand. From the musicians of the USS Nevada who insisted on finishing ?The Star Spangled Banner? before taking cover, to the men trapped in the capsized USS Oklahoma who methodically voted on the best means of escape, each story conveys the terror and confusion of the raid, as well as the fortitude of those who survived...