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Author Deutermann, P. T. (Peter T.), 1941- author.

Title Trial by fire / P.T. Deutermann.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  F DEUTERMANN, P.    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Adult Fiction  F DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  FICTION DEUTERMANN, P. T.    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  FIC DEUTERMANN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F DEUTERMA    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC DEUT    Check Shelf

Edition First Edition.
Description 245 pages ; 25 cm.
Series P.T. Deutermann WWII novels ; 8
Deutermann, P. T. (Peter T.), 1941- World War II navy ; 8.
Summary "Based on a true story--P.T. Deutermann's Trial by Fire is a dramatic WWII novel of attack, survival, and triumph on board an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. March 19, 1945: The war in the Pacific approaches its apocalyptic climax. The largest wartime armada ever assembled, Task Force 58, is closing in on Okinawa; once taken, it will finally put American B-29 bombers in range of the home islands of Japan--and victory. At the heart of the fleet are 14 Essex-class aircraft carriers, including the USS Franklin, known as "Big Ben"--a 27,000-ton behemoth, home to 3,500 crewmen and 100 aircraft. Just after dawn, while crewmen prepare for battle, a single Japanese Yokosuka D4Y breaks through the clouds and drops two 500-pound bombs on Big Ben. The first rips through the flight deck's 3-inch armor to the hangar deck, exploding amidst two dozen planes carrying 36,000 gallons of gas and 30 tons of explosives. Rockets and bombs howl in all directions. Hundreds of men are forced to leap into the sea to escape, leaving the captain with only one third of his crew; there are more dead, wounded, and trapped men left onboard than able-bodied sailors. Trial By Fire is the gripping novelization of how, against all odds, the sailors of the Franklin were able to save their ship, after 3 agonizing days of battling the flames that ultimately claimed the lives of 832 men and injured 300 more. Readers will be astounded and humbled by the heroic actions of a few brave sailors in the face of catastrophe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Franklin (Aircraft carrier) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean -- Fiction.
FICTION / Thrillers / Military.
FICTION / Historical / World War II.
FICTION / Thrillers / Historical.
Franklin (Aircraft carrier) (OCoLC)fst00613559
Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
Military operations, Naval -- American. (OCoLC)fst01710245
Pacific Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01243528
World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Chronological Term 1939-1945
Genre/Form Sea stories.
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
War stories.
Sea fiction.
War fiction.
Novels.
ISBN 9781250273048 (hardcover)
1250273048 (hardcover)
9781250273055 (ebook)
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