Descent into Darkness
Pearl Harbor, 1941—A Navy Diver’s Memoir
$42.06
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
21 June 2012
Summary
On December 7, 1941, as the great battleships Arizona, Oklahoma, and Utah lie paralyzed and burning in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a crack team of U.S. Navy salvage divers headed by Edward C. Raymer are hurriedly flown to Oahu from the mainland. The divers have been given a Herculean task: rescue the sailors and Marines trapped below, and resurrect the pride of the Pacific fleet.
Now for the first time, the chief diver of the Pearl Harbor salvage operations, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591147244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1591147247 |
| Author: | Edward C. Raymer |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press |
| Imprint: | Naval Institute Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 21 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 294g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 204mm x 135mm |
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This is an impressive book written by an impressive individual.Naval Books of the Year column in Warship, 2013
This is an impressive book written by an impressive individual.” – Naval Books of the Year column in Warship, 2013
About The Author
Edward C. Raymer
Commander Edward C. Raymer, USN (Ret.) served thirty years in the U.S. Navy. Descent into Darkness was his only book. He died in 1997.
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