The Navy first telegraphed the father of Fireman First Class Jim Hamlin of the sunken USS California that he was dead. His remains are still entombed in the battlewagon, whose rusty hull is straddled by the famous memorial. Ensign Robert Leopold of Louisville did not. Gunner’s Mate Second Class James Allard Vessels of Paducah survived the explosion of the Arizona. The book focuses on a number of sailors, marines, soldiers, airmen, and a coast guardsman with Kentucky connections. But I also devoted a chapter to the Kentucky home front.
He wrote about the combatants and civilians on Oahu. The book was inspired by Walter Lord’s classic Day of Infamy (1957), which I read as a kid. It is scheduled to published by the University Press of Kentucky on Nov. My book is titled Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy. I’m excited to share these pre-publishing summaries with you, and I promise you that when the books area available we’ll share the good news right here.
So it is with a great deal of pleasure that I can tell you that we have not one, but TWO new books on the way from two of our writers, Berry Craig and Paul Wesslund.Īnd don’t worry – neither of these has to do with politics! Each book comes from the interests and passion of its author outside of the political realm, and each tells a story of humanity and sacrifice. I continue to be grateful for the team we have at Forward Kentucky, and proud of the work they do.
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