Joy Waldron Jasper is an investigative journalist and a magazine
feature writer. She is the coauthor of "The Lighthouses of Delaware
Bay and River "and is currently researching her next book. She
lives in western Massachusetts.
James P. Delgado is a noted underwater archaeologist and historian
who has dived on many wrecks, including the USS "Arizona "and
Admiral Yamamoto's flagship, "Nagato. "He is the executive director
of the Vancouver Maritime Museum and lives in Vancouver, British
Columbia.
Jim Adams, following a career in the Marine Corps, joined the
National Park Service and became the cultural resources manager at
the USS "Arizona "Memorial. Presently assigned to Biscayne National
Park in Florida, he is writing a biography about his late father,
the journalist Val Adams, who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor.
"A memorable book about ground zero on the day America entered
World War II." --Walter Cronkite
"Superbly researched, brilliantly written, "The USS Arizona "is a
moving portrayal of a towering tragedy filled with the drama and
courage of ordinary men." --Clive Cussler
"The moment that will never leave my mind is when I walked up on
the Navy landing and saw the "Arizona. "The Japanese were overhead,
the "Arizona "was down and burning, the "Nevada "was under way, and
I stood there and watched her go aground. The "Oklahoma "was upside
down. I still see it." --Ralph D. Byard, Chief Commissary
Steward
"We looked outside and saw the planes going by. Then they rang the
general alarm. I went up to the crow's nest on the after mast. They
were strafing and bombing...I was scared. Everybody was scared.
Anybody said they weren't scared were crazy." --Vernon J. Olsen,
Seaman 1st Class
"I stuck my head in [the gallery deck] and it was full of gas...I
couldn't breathe. I couldn't see anybody, but I heard them
hollering all down below. The were screaming and pounding. Cursing.
And the noise of bombs was deafening. Bang! Bang! Boom! Bang! The
ship would just jerk and toss every time a bomb hit." --James P.
Foster, Seaman 1st Class
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