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In this inspiring account he speaks candidly of his career and the extraordinary devotion of his wife and family, without whom he would not have survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid and emotionally resonant, \u003cem\u003eThe Trident\u003c\/em\u003e traces the evo-lution of a modern warrior, husband, and father--a man who has come to embody the never-say-die spirit that defines America's elite fighting force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.28 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49391186804891,"sku":"9780062278432","price":30.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/4602\/1275\/files\/wdB1iinCmB9780062278432.webp?v=1787863972"},{"product_id":"never-call-me-a-hero-a-legendary-american-dive-bomber-pilot-remembers-the-battle-of-midway-paperback","title":"Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eN. 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As his plane leveled out just above the roiling Pacific Ocean, Dusty's perfectly placed bombs struck the carrier's deck, and \u003cem\u003eKaga \u003c\/em\u003eerupted into an inferno from which it would never recover. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving safely back at \u003cem\u003eEnterprise, \u003c\/em\u003eDusty was met with heartbreaking news: his best friend was missing and presumed dead along with two dozen of their fellow naval aviators. Unbowed, Dusty returned to the air that same afternoon and, remarkably, would fatally strike another enemy carrier, \u003cem\u003eHiryu\u003c\/em\u003e. Two days later, his deadeye aim contributed to the destruction of a third Japanese warship, the cruiser \u003cem\u003eMikuma, \u003c\/em\u003ethereby making Dusty the only pilot from either side to land hits on three different ships, all of which sank--losses that crippled the once-fearsome Japanese fleet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy battle's end, the humble young sailor from Kansas had earned his place in history--and yet he stayed silent for decades, living quietly with his children and his wife, Jean, whom he married less than a month after Midway. Now his extraordinary and long-awaited memoir, \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero, \u003c\/em\u003etells the Navy Cross recipient's full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the \"the decisive contest for control of the Pacific in World War II\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)--and one man's essential role in helping secure its outcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDusty worked on this book for years with naval historians Timothy and Laura Orr, aiming to publish \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero \u003c\/em\u003efor Midway's seventy-fifth anniversary in June 2017. Sadly, as the book neared completion in 2016, Dusty Kleiss passed away at age 100, one of the last surviving dive-bomber pilots to have fought at Midway. And yet the publication of \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero \u003c\/em\u003eis a cause for celebration: these pages are Dusty's remarkable legacy, providing a riveting eyewitness account of the Battle of Midway, and an inspiring testimony to the brave men who fought, died, and shaped history during those four extraordinary days in June, seventy-five years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBY FATALLY STRIKING THREE JAPANESE WARSHIPS DURING \"THE DECISIVE CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC IN WORLD WAR II\" (\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e), ONE DARING PILOT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. NOW THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY'S LAST SURVIVING DIVE-BOMBER PILOT DELIVERS A GRIPPING AND UNFORGETTABLE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NAVAL VICTORY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of June 4, 1942, high above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. 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As his plane leveled out just above the roiling Pacific Ocean, Dusty's perfectly placed bombs struck the carrier's deck, and \u003cem\u003eKaga\u003c\/em\u003e erupted into an inferno from which it would never recover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving safely back at \u003cem\u003eEnterprise, \u003c\/em\u003e Dusty was met with heartbreaking news: his best friend was missing and presumed dead along with two dozen of their fellow naval aviators. Unbowed, Dusty returned to the air that same afternoon and, remarkably, would fatally strike another enemy carrier, \u003cem\u003eHiryu\u003c\/em\u003e. Two days later, his deadeye aim contributed to the destruction of a third Japanese warship, the cruiser \u003cem\u003eMikuma, \u003c\/em\u003ethereby making Dusty the only pilot from either side to land hits on three different ships, all of which sank--losses that crippled the once-fearsome Japanese fleet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy battle's end, the humble young sailor from Kansas had earned his place in history--and yet he stayed silent for decades, living quietly with his children and his wife, Jean, whom he married less than a month after Midway. Now his extraordinary and long-awaited memoir, \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero, \u003c\/em\u003etells the Navy Cross recipient's full story for the first time, offering an unprecedentedly intimate look at the \"the decisive contest for control of the Pacific in World War II\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e)--and one man's essential role in helping secure its outcome. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDusty worked on this book for years with naval historians Timothy and Laura Orr, aiming to publish \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero\u003c\/em\u003e for Midway's seventy-fifth anniversary in June 2017. Sadly, as the book neared completion in 2016, Dusty Kleiss passed away at age 100, the last surviving dive-bomber pilot to have fought at Midway. And yet the publication of \u003cem\u003eNever Call Me a Hero \u003c\/em\u003eis a cause for celebration: these pages are Dusty's remarkable legacy, providing a riveting eyewitness account of the Battle of Midway, and an inspiring testimony to the brave men who fought, died, and shaped history during those four extraordinary days in June, seventy-five years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e--STEPHEN L. MOORE, Dallas Morning News\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBY FATALLY STRIKING THREE JAPANESE WARSHIPS DURING \"THE DECISIVE CONTEST FOR CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC IN WORLD WAR II\" (\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e), ONE DARING PILOT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY. NOW THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY'S LAST SURVIVING DIVE-BOMBER PILOT DELIVERS A GRIPPING AND UNFORGETTABLE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF AMERICA'S GREATEST NAVAL VICTORY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of June 4, 1942, high above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. 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Two days later, his deadeye aim contributed to the destruction of a third Japanese warship, the cruiser \u003cem\u003eMikuma, \u003c\/em\u003ethereby making Dusty the only pilot from either side to land hits on three different ships, all of which sank--losses that crippled the once-fearsome Japanese fleet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy battle's end, the humble young sailor from Kansas had earned his place in history--and yet he stayed silent for decades, living quietly with his children and his wife, Jean, whom he married less than a month after Midway. 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A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS \u003cem\u003eArizona, \u003c\/em\u003ebarely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds of his body, Don, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a rope tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor's flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack--the only memoir ever written by a survivor of the USS\u003cem\u003e Arizona--\u003c\/em\u003eninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon and four other sailors made it safely across the same line that morning, a small miracle on a day that claimed the lives of 1,177 of their \u003cem\u003eArizona\u003c\/em\u003e shipmates--approximately half the American fatalaties at Pearl Harbor. Sent to military hospitals for a year, Don refused doctors' advice to amputate his limbs and battled to relearn how to walk. The U.S. Navy gave him a medical discharge, believing he would never again be fit for service, but Don had unfinished business. In June 1944, he sailed back into the teeth of the Pacific War on a destroyer, destined for combat in the crucial battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa, thus earning the distinction of having been present for the opening shots and the final major battle of America's Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack approaches, Don, a great-grandfather of five and one of five living survivors of the \u003cem\u003eArizona\u003c\/em\u003e, offers an unprecedentedly intimate reflection on the tragedy that drew America into the greatest armed conflict in history. \u003cem\u003eAll the Gallant Men\u003c\/em\u003e is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable--and remarkably inspiring--memoirs of any kind to appear in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds \u003cbr\u003eof his body, Stratton, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a thin line tethered to a neighboring vessel. Forty-five feet below, the harbor's flaming, oil-slick water boiled with enemy bullets; all around him the world tore itself apart. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this extraordinary, never-before-told eyewitness account of the Pearl Harbor attack--the first memoir ever published by a survivor of the USS Arizona--ninety-four-year-old veteran Donald Stratton finally shares his unforgettable personal tale of bravery and survival on December 7, 1941, his harrowing recovery, and his inspiring determination to return to the fight. All the Gallant Men is a book for the ages, one of the most remarkable--and remarkably inspiring--memoirs of any kind to appear this year.\u003c\/p\u003e--New York Post\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 8:06 a.m. on December 7, 1941, Donald Stratton was consumed by an inferno. A million pounds of explosives had detonated beneath his battle station aboard the USS Arizona, barely fifteen minutes into Japan's surprise attack on American forces at Pearl Harbor. Near death and burned across two thirds \u003cbr\u003eof his body, Stratton, a nineteen-year-old Nebraskan who had been steeled by the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, summoned the will to haul himself hand over hand across a thin line tethered to a neighboring vessel. 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Boyd Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHis name is synonymous with treason, yet few men did more to prevent America's defeat in 1776\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe story of America's fight for independence has been dominated by accounts from the battlefields where George Washington fought the British, but one of the most critical and least remembered battles of 1776 was a bloody, lopsided fight on a wilderness lake hundreds of miles north. In a war marked by improbable turning points, that one naval battle would, in the end, prove the key to America's ultimate victory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAward-winning historian James L. Nelson weaves a thrilling narrative around the Battle of Valcour Island, in which a cobbled-together American fleet, led by the bold and resourceful Arnold, stood up to the might of the British navy, only to be destroyed in the end by overwhelming odds. Setting the desperate battle in its context, \u003ci\u003eBenedict Arnold 's Navy\u003c\/i\u003e describes the strategic importance of the Hudson River and Lake Champlain, the ambitious and largely successful American invasion of Quebec in 1775, and the bloody retreat of the following year. The one-year delay of the subsequent British invasion from Canada won by Arnold's gallant, overmatched fleet made possible an American triumph in the Battle of Saratoga in 1777, the first significant victory of the Revolution. This success finally convinced France to join America in arms and turned the tide of war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing storytelling skills honed by a dozen novels, including the popular \u003ci\u003eRevolution at Sea Saga\u003c\/i\u003e and the W. Y. Boyd Award-winning \u003ci\u003eGlory in the Name\u003c\/i\u003e, Nelson brings to life a new image of Benedict Arnold. 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