Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. (Books for children: nonfiction).Allen, Thomas REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories. ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0-7922-6690-0. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. , 2001. Unp. $17.95. Moving eyewitness accounts and riveting photographs chronicle the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, which spurred the United States into World War II. The story ends with a present-day visit to the USS Arizona Memorial USS Arizona Memorial: see National Parks and Monuments (table). , where the sunken battleship battleship, large, armored warship equipped with the heaviest naval guns. The evolution of the battleship, from the ironclad warship of the mid-19th cent., received great impetus from the Civil War. remains in tribute to those who perished. A co-author of several military history books, Allen provides a historical time line that documents the war in Europe and in the Pacific from 1939 through 1945. Ages 10 up. Reviewed by Gina Hoagland, Olney, MD |
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