One of the greatest maritime salvage operations in US history took place for three years after the devastating attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Raising the Fleet follows the operation on each ship sunk or damaged from refloating to moderate to intensive repairs to putting the ships back into the fleet, with hundreds of period photographs and extensive captions. The three ships not salvaged, the USS Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah are also covered. Thousands of naval and civilian personnel worked on the ships, including over 20,000 hours of underwater diving. The authors have used Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin's book, Pearl Harbor, Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal for most of the text. A full-color chapter includes the results of an extensive nationwide search for remaining artifacts of the ships that are on display.

Raising the Fleet: The Pearl Harbor Salvage Operation, 1941-1944

History

Arroyo, Ernest

Cohen, Stan.

Americas

Pictorial Histories

September 1944: perched on the wing of his stricken torpedo bomber, 3,000 feet above a Pacific Ocean teeming with hostile ships, Ensign George Bush prepares to leap into destiny. One yank of his rip cord later, he is prey to a Japanese armada, intent on his capture &amp; interrogation. The story is true. A patriotic young man volunteers for hazardous assignment, knocks out enemy war ships, &amp; collects a pile of medals. His inspiration is his fiance, Barbara, for whom he names his plane. Discover for yourself the gallantry, conflict, &amp; drama that molded our former President in a fascinating &amp; insightful recollection. Over 100 photos.

George Bush: His World War II Years

Stinnett, Robert

Military

SIGNED BY TWO AUTHORS, bottom corners lightly bumped. Very slight shelfware on back of DJ. Details, photos and history of 3 cruises.

The Buzzard Brigade: Torpedo Squadron Ten at war : carrier warfare in the Pacific from Guadalcanal to Okinawa with one of the Navy's most famous Avenger squadrons

Moore, Stephen L.

Shinneman, William J

Gruebel, Robert

One of the most daring aviation adventures took place in the summer of 1920 when eight daredevil U.S. Army Air Service fliers made a historic flight from Long Island, New York, to the barren coast on the Bering Sea and the famous Alaskan gold mining camp of Nome. The approximate round-trip distance was 9,000 miles, much of it over uncharted country.

The Alaska Flying Expedition: The U.S. Army's 1920 New York to Nome Flight

Travel

History of the Battleship USS Nevada (BB-36).

Two Ocean Battleship: U.S.S. Nevada (BB-36) (Warship series)

Harvey M. Beigel

Fought on the canals and rivers of the Mekong Delta, this was a private, dirty little war waged beyond the view of the cameras of the news services and often beyond the view of senior military command. It was a furious, savage war, where firefights often occurred twice a day, rarely less than once, and hand-to-hand combat was not unheard of. Hundreds of men were killed on both sides, and the survivors were scarred for life.

War on the Rivers: A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle of the Battle for the Mekong Delta

Biographies & Memoirs

Weymouth D. Symmes

Leaders & Notable People

The paper items illustrated in this book are only a sampling of the thousands of of items in the collection. These items document a fallen government. The Confederacy in its short life had its own propaganda image, extending even into the schoolbooks of children and approved religious publications. The Confederacy had it own currency, its own diplomats, and, as with any country, those who would amass personal wealth or power.

Civil War Paper Items

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

DICKINSON

Jack L.

Antiques & Collectibles

Jim Rearden, Alaska's most popular outdoor journalist, recounts his search throughout the Far North for interesting people, places, and events. Rearden combines twenty previously published articles into a "best of collection," interspersed with fresh insights into a changing Alaska.

Jim Rearden's Alaska: Fifty Years of Frontier Adventure

Rearden, Jim

One Night In A Bad Inn is the fascinating true story of two colorful immigrant families who lived through extraordinary times. Rich in history and character, this remarkable saga follows a notorious matriarch, two daring fugitives, a heroic Irish doughboy, and a beautiful, inspiring lady across the parched plains of eastern Montana to a raucous mining town to the bloody battlefields of the First World War. It is a great read through which the reader learns some intriguing history through the lives of some very intriguing people.

One Night In A Bad Inn: A True Story

Christy Leskovar

For four long years after the park was created, the residents of two communities McKinley Station in the east an Kantishna in the west used the park as they always had, hunting, trapping, and prospering without restraint. The wildlife slaughter gained national attention. Finally, the government hired the park s first ranger, Harry Karstens, a man of courage, strength and tenacity. Despite long odds Karstens overcame nearly insurmountable challenges to develop and protect Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska s crown jewel.

McKinley Station: The People of the Pioneer Park that Became Denali

Walker, Tom

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