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Unsinkable : five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett  Cover Image Book Book

Unsinkable : five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett / James Sullivan.

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.
The Plunkett's defining moment was at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what Plunkett had. After a three-month overhaul Plunkett (DD-431) plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and once again into battle during the invasion of Southern France-- perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theatre. Sullivan traces the individual journeys of five incredibly brave men whose stories play out on the decks of the Plunkett in the Mediterranean. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781982147631
  • ISBN: 1982147636
  • Physical Description: xiii, 399 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, 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: Plunkett (Destroyer : DD 431)
United States. Navy > Biography.
Anzio, Battle of, Anzio, Italy, 1944.
Operation Neptune.
World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Italy.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Italy.
United States.
Genre: Personal narratives.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 16 of 17 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 940.545973 SULLIVAN 2020 (Text) 0001002378378 Nonfiction Available -
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center 940.54 SUL 2020 (Text) 0002205533199 Adult Non-Fiction Checked out 05/06/2024
Cedar County - Stockton 940.5426 SUL (Text) 3482700990224 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
De Soto Public Library 940.54 Sul (Text) 33858000013830 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Jefferson County Library-Arnold 940.5426 SULLIVAN (Text) 30061010172670 Non-Fiction Available -
Keller Public Library-Dexter A 940.54 Sul (Text) 3376400006852 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly 940.5426 SULLIVAN (Text) 2004588241 Non-Fiction Shelves Available -
Livingston County Library - Main Library 940.54 SULLIVAN (Text) 2601939699 Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Mississippi County - Clara Drinkwater Newnam Library 950.542 (Text) 38530100727611 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Putnam County Public Library 940.542 SUL (Text) 33192000091526 Nonfiction Available -


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