The Jersey Brothers A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home
eAudio - 2017
This extraordinary adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning points of World War II is "liable to break the hearts of Unbroken fans, and it's all true" (The New York Times).They are three brothers, all Navy men, who end up coincidentally and extraordinarily at the epicenter of three of the war's most crucial moments. Bill, a naval intelligence officer, is tapped by FDR to set up and run his secret map room in the White House basement. Benny is the gunnery and antiaircraft officer on USS Enterprise, one of the few ships to escape Pearl Harbor and, by the end of 1942, the only aircraft carrier left in the Pacific to defend against the Japanese. Barton, the youngest, gets a plum commission in th...e Navy Supply Corps because his mother wants him out of harm's way. But this protection plan backfires when Barton is sent to Manila and listed as wounded and missing after a Japanese attack. Now it is up to Bill and Benny to find...
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Simon & Schuster Audio
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- English
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- MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
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File Size | 538 GB |
Parts | 18 |
ISBN | 9781508230458 |
Release Date | 5/9/2017 |
OverDrive Listen audiobook | |
File Size | 538 GB |
ISBN | 9781508230458 |
Release Date | 5/9/2017 |