No One Avoided Danger by John F Di Virgilio

No One Avoided Danger by John F Di Virgilio

No One Avoided Danger is a detailed combat narrative of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, one of two naval air stations on the island of O'ahu. Partly because of Kaneohe's location - 15 air miles over a mountain range from the main site of that day's infamous attack on Pearl Harbor - military historians have largely ignored the station's story. Moreover, there is an understandable tendency to focus on the massive destruction sustained by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The attacks on NAS Kaneohe Bay, however, were equally destructive and no less disastrous, notwithstanding the station's considerable distance from the harbor. The work focuses on descriptions of actions in the air and on the ground at the deepest practical, personal, and tactical level, from both the American and Japanese perspectives. Such a synthesis is possible only by pursuing every conceivable source of American documents, reminiscences, interviews, and photographs. Similarly, the authors sought out Japanese accounts and photography from the attacks, many appearing in print for the first time. Information from the Japanese air group and aircraft carrier action reports has never before been used. On the American side, the authors also have researched the Official Military Personnel Files at the National Personnel Records Center and National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri, extracting service photographs and details of the military careers of American officers and men. The authors are among the first historians to be allowed access to previously unused service records. The authors likewise delved into the background and personalities of key Japanese participants, and have translated and incorporated the Japanese aircrew rosters from the attack. This accumulation of data and information makes possible an intricate and highly integrated story that is unparalleled. The interwoven narratives of both sides provide a deeper understanding of the events near Kane'ohe Bay than any previous history.

“This new book is an unusual and worthwhile treatment of a well-known subject and is hopefully only the first volume in a continuing series of titles that focus on more specific areas of the strike that hurled the US. into its most important conflict until the current long-going war against terrorism.”
—Naval Aviation News

“This is a highly readable and factual book that covers the attack and the day after based substantially on recollections of the people present at the time. The tremendous selection of photographs and a complete and detailed analysis of the attack support the text. I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and look forward to the follow-on books that will cover the attack on Ford Island the ships in Pearl. I highly recommend this book.”
—The Hook

“The authors conducted interviews, searched archives, translated Japanese documents, and conducted expert analysis. The result is a coherent in-depth study of an important piece of that day’s events. The events at Kaneohe Bay have long been given the short shrift in the overall study of the Pearl Harbor attack; this book redresses that imbalance.”
—WWII History


“A handsome book enriched by scores of photographs.”
—Michigan War Studies Review

J. Michael Wenger is a military historian who has conducted research since the 1970s in repositories the world over, and received the 2012 U.S. Naval Institute Author of the Year Award. Wenger is the coauthor of ten books and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.

Naval historian Robert J.Cressman was the recipient of the John Lyman Book Award in 1999 and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award in 2008. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.

John Di Virgilio is the author of two groundbreaking articles related to Pearl Harbor, and is recognized for his extensive research on Japanese naval ordnance, and for his illustrated Pearl Harbor battleship damage profiles. He lives in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781612519241
ISBN 10	1612519245
Titel	No One Avoided Danger
Autor	Robert Cressman
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Naval Institute Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-12-30
Seitenanzahl	208
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