
The Jersey Brothers
A Missing Naval Officer in the Pacific and His Family's Quest to Bring Him Home
No se pudo agregar al carrito
Add to Cart failed.
Error al Agregar a Lista de Deseos.
Error al eliminar de la lista de deseos.
Error al añadir a tu biblioteca
Error al seguir el podcast
Error al dejar de seguir el podcast

Compra ahora por $22.49
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrado por:
-
Cassandra Campbell
Acerca de esta escucha
The extraordinary real-life adventure of three brothers at the center of the most dramatic turning points of World War II and their mad race to change history - and save one of their own.
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 is picked by Roosevelt to run his first map room in Washington. Benny is the gunnery and antiaircraft officer on the USS Enterprise, one of the only carriers to escape Pearl Harbor and by the end of 1942 the last one left in the Pacific to defend against the Japanese. Barton, the youngest and least distinguished of the three, is shuffled off to the Navy Supply Corps because his mother wants him out of harm's way. But this protection plan backfires when Barton is sent to the Philippines and listed as missing in action after a Japanese attack. Now it is up to Bill and Benny to find and rescue him.
Based on 10 years of research drawn from archives around the world, interviews with fellow shipmates and POWs, and primary sources including diaries, unpublished memoirs, and letters half forgotten in basements, The Jersey Brothers is a remarkable story of agony and triumph - from the home front to Roosevelt's White House and Pearl Harbor to Midway and Bataan. It is the story, written with intimate, novelistic detail, of an ordinary young man who shows extraordinary courage as the Japanese do everything short of killing him. And it is, above all, a story of brotherly love: of three men finding their loyalty to each other tested under the tortures of war - and knowing that their success or failure to save their youngest brother will shape their family forever.
©2017 Sally Mott Freeman (P)2017 S&S AudioLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
-
Target Tokyo
- Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: James M. Scott
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid. In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counterstrike against the heart of the Japanese Empire: Tokyo.
-
-
Vengence is Mine, Thus Sayeth Doolittle
- De Jonathan Love en 06-13-16
De: James M. Scott
-
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
- The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- De: Lucy Adlington
- Narrado por: Lucy Adlington
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Höss, the camp commandant’s wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers.
-
-
Not what I expected given description and preview
- De Kaeli Mathes en 09-24-21
De: Lucy Adlington
-
The First Wave
- The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day’s most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the brothers who led their troops onto Juno Beach under withering fire; as well as a French commando, returning to his native land, who fought to destroy German strongholds on Sword Beach and beyond.
-
-
Thoughtful and Sobering
- De Anonymous User en 10-07-19
De: Alex Kershaw
-
The Light of Days
- The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
- De: Judy Batalion
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters - a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
-
-
A profoundly moving book
- De Brian R Smith en 04-18-21
De: Judy Batalion
-
Kangaroo Squadron
- American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
- De: Bruce Gamble
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In early 1942, while the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single US Army squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with inadequate supplies and no ground support, the squadron's pilots and combat crew endured tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful.
-
-
5 star History!
- De DON COOKE en 03-13-19
De: Bruce Gamble
-
Helmet for My Pillow
- From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
-
-
Should be required reading in high school
- De Randall en 04-03-19
De: Robert Leckie
-
Target Tokyo
- Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: James M. Scott
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid. In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counterstrike against the heart of the Japanese Empire: Tokyo.
-
-
Vengence is Mine, Thus Sayeth Doolittle
- De Jonathan Love en 06-13-16
De: James M. Scott
-
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
- The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
- De: Lucy Adlington
- Narrado por: Lucy Adlington
- Duración: 12 h
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
At the height of the Holocaust, 25 young inmates of the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp - mainly Jewish women and girls - were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions for elite Nazi women in a dedicated salon. It was work that they hoped would spare them from the gas chambers. This fashion workshop - called the Upper Tailoring Studio - was established by Hedwig Höss, the camp commandant’s wife, and patronized by the wives of SS guards and officers.
-
-
Not what I expected given description and preview
- De Kaeli Mathes en 09-24-21
De: Lucy Adlington
-
The First Wave
- The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Beginning in the predawn darkness of June 6, 1944, The First Wave follows the remarkable men who carried out D-Day’s most perilous missions. The charismatic, unforgettable cast includes the first American paratrooper to touch down on Normandy soil; the glider pilot who braved antiaircraft fire to crash-land mere yards from the vital Pegasus Bridge; the brothers who led their troops onto Juno Beach under withering fire; as well as a French commando, returning to his native land, who fought to destroy German strongholds on Sword Beach and beyond.
-
-
Thoughtful and Sobering
- De Anonymous User en 10-07-19
De: Alex Kershaw
-
The Light of Days
- The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
- De: Judy Batalion
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marno
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
One of the most important stories of World War II, already optioned by Steven Spielberg for a major motion picture: a spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters - a group of unknown heroes whose exploits have never been chronicled in full, until now.
-
-
A profoundly moving book
- De Brian R Smith en 04-18-21
De: Judy Batalion
-
Kangaroo Squadron
- American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II
- De: Bruce Gamble
- Narrado por: Mark Boyett
- Duración: 14 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In early 1942, while the American military was still in disarray from the devastating attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, a single US Army squadron advanced to the far side of the world to face America's new enemy. Based in Australia with inadequate supplies and no ground support, the squadron's pilots and combat crew endured tropical diseases while confronting numerically superior Japanese forces. Yet the outfit, dubbed the Kangaroo Squadron, proved remarkably resilient and successful.
-
-
5 star History!
- De DON COOKE en 03-13-19
De: Bruce Gamble
-
Helmet for My Pillow
- From Parris Island to the Pacific: A Young Marine's Stirring Account of Combat in World War II
- De: Robert Leckie
- Narrado por: James Badge Dale, Tom Hanks (introduction)
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The celebrated 2010 HBO miniseries The Pacific, winner of eight Emmy Awards, was based on two classic books about the War in the Pacific, Helmet for My Pillow and With The Old Breed. Audible Studios, in partnership with Playtone, the production company co-owned by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and creator of the award-winning HBO series Band of Brothers, John Adams, and The Pacific, as well as the HBO movie Game Change, has created new recordings of these memoirs, narrated by the stars of the miniseries.
-
-
Should be required reading in high school
- De Randall en 04-03-19
De: Robert Leckie
-
The Aviators
- Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
- De: Winston Groom
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 17 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Gifted storyteller Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump, has written the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These cleverly interwoven tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond, including daring military raids and survival at sea, and will appeal to fans of Unbroken, The Greatest Generation, and Flyboys.
-
-
Too much a hagiography
- De Joseph Valenzi en 09-08-15
De: Winston Groom
-
Against All Odds
- A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy.
-
-
The Greatest Generation.
- De Jay Voigt en 05-28-22
De: Alex Kershaw
-
The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 41 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
-
-
A political as well as military history
- De Mike From Mesa en 07-30-15
De: John Toland
-
Unbroken
- A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
- De: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Why we think it’s a great listen: Seabiscuit was a runaway success, and Hillenbrand’s done it again with another true-life account about beating unbelievable odds. On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared....
-
-
Indescribable
- De Janice en 12-01-10
-
40 Thieves on Saipan
- The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles
- De: Joseph Tachovsky, Cynthia Kraack
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 9 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Behind enemy lines on the island of Saipan - where firing a gun could mean instant discovery and death - the 40 Thieves killed in silence during the grueling battle for Saipan, the D-Day of the Pacific.
-
-
Incredibly written, incredibly told!
- De licensedtorock en 09-05-20
De: Joseph Tachovsky, y otros
-
The Chosen Few
- A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of Afghanistan
- De: Gregg Zoroya, William H. McRaven - foreward
- Narrado por: Gregg Zoroya
- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A single company of US paratroopers—calling themselves the "Chosen Few"—arrived in eastern Afghanistan in late 2007 hoping to win the hearts and minds of the remote mountain people and extend the Afghan government's reach into this wilderness. Instead, they spent the next fifteen months in a desperate struggle, living under almost continuous attack, forced into a slow and grinding withdrawal, and always outnumbered by Taliban fighters descending on them from all sides.
-
-
Wow! What an amazing group of men!
- De Myla en 06-22-18
De: Gregg Zoroya, y otros
-
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
- The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Told from the point of view of the men who waged this steel-shattering battle, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors captures Navy pilots attacking enemy battleships with makeshift weapons and sacrificial valor, a veteran commander improvising tactics never taught in Annapolis, and young crews from across America rising to an impossible challenge.
-
-
Outstanding
- De John en 04-17-04
-
Air Apaches
- The True Story of the 345th Bomb Group and Its Low, Fast, and Deadly Missions in World War II
- De: Jay A. Stout
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 15 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The American 345th Bomb Group - the Air Apaches - was legendary in the war against Japan. The first fully trained and fully equipped group sent to the South Pacific, the 345th racked up a devastating score against the enemy. Armed to the teeth with machine guns and fragmentation bombs, and flying their B-25s at impossibly low altitudes - often below 50 feet - the pilots and air crews strafed and bombed enemy installations and shipping with a fury that helped cripple Japan.
-
-
Boring and unorganized unit history
- De R. Denton en 04-25-19
De: Jay A. Stout
-
Battle Cry of Freedom
- The Civil War Era
- De: James M. McPherson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 39 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Battle Cry of Freedom vividly traces how a new nation was forged when a war both sides were sure would amount to little dragged for four years and cost more American lives than all other wars combined. Narrator Jonathan Davis powerful reading brings to life the many voices of the Civil War.
-
-
Excellent Book
- De J. Weston en 12-11-20
-
Spearhead
- An American Tank Gunner, His Enemy, and a Collision of Lives in World War II
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Johnathan McClain
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
From the author of the international best seller A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel - and forge an enduring bond with his enemy.
-
-
Excellent
- De Msgr. John R. McGrath en 03-11-19
De: Adam Makos
-
All the Gallant Men
- An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor
- De: Donald Stratton, Ken Gire
- Narrado por: Mike Ortego
- Duración: 5 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
An unforgettable and moving story of tragedy, heroism, resilience, and redemption that is sure to become an enduring document of American history, All the Brave Men is a sailor's moment-by-moment eyewitness account of the Japanese surprise attack that decimated the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, and his inspiring return to active duty to carry on the Allied fight in the Pacific.
-
-
Absolutely wonderful book!
- De Cris Conerty en 01-15-17
De: Donald Stratton, y otros
-
Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- De: Adam Makos
- Narrado por: Dominic Hoffman
- Duración: 14 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviation duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they fought to defend. A white New Englander from the country-club scene, Tom passed up Harvard to fly fighters for his country. An African American sharecropper’s son from Mississippi, Jesse became the navy’s first Black carrier pilot, defending a nation that wouldn’t even serve him in a bar.
-
-
BUY A HIGHER CALL FIRST - IS MUCH BETTER
- De Count B en 06-29-18
De: Adam Makos
Relacionado con este tema
-
The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 41 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
-
-
A political as well as military history
- De Mike From Mesa en 07-30-15
De: John Toland
-
Ship of Ghosts
- The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Mark Cashman
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Renowned as FDR's favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. But the men of the Houston fought back with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, willpower, and the undying faith that their country would prevail.
-
-
interesting read
- De Daniel W. Eggemeier en 05-11-07
-
Target Tokyo
- Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: James M. Scott
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid. In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counterstrike against the heart of the Japanese Empire: Tokyo.
-
-
Vengence is Mine, Thus Sayeth Doolittle
- De Jonathan Love en 06-13-16
De: James M. Scott
-
PT-109
- JFK's Night of Destiny
- De: William Doyle
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A thrilling, moment-by-moment account of one of the most famous events of World War II - the sinking of PT-109 and John F. Kennedy's heroic actions that saved his crew - and a fascinating examination of how that extraordinary episode shaped the future president's life.
-
-
Hagiography, but a good one
- De Joshua en 10-20-18
De: William Doyle
-
Killing Jesus
- A History
- De: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Bill O'Reilly
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Millions of people have thrilled to best-selling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, works of nonfiction that have changed the way we view history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly 2,000 years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God.
-
-
The Jesus story in context
- De Kimberly en 10-01-13
De: Bill O'Reilly, y otros
-
Pearl Harbor
- From Infamy to Greatness
- De: Craig Nelson
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 18 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed 20th-century America - Pearl Harbor - based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times best-selling author.
-
-
Poorly researched, author loses credibility.
- De TBM en 12-23-18
De: Craig Nelson
-
The Rising Sun
- The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Tom Weiner
- Duración: 41 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This Pulitzer Prize-winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, The Rising Sun is, in the author’s words, "a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened - muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox."
-
-
A political as well as military history
- De Mike From Mesa en 07-30-15
De: John Toland
-
Ship of Ghosts
- The Story of the USS Houston, FDR's Legendary Lost Cruiser, and the Epic Saga of of Her Survivors
- De: James D. Hornfischer
- Narrado por: Mark Cashman
- Duración: 17 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Renowned as FDR's favorite warship, the cruiser USS Houston was a prize target trapped in the far Pacific after Pearl Harbor. Without hope of reinforcement, her crew faced a superior Japanese force ruthlessly committed to total conquest. But the men of the Houston fought back with dignity, ingenuity, sabotage, willpower, and the undying faith that their country would prevail.
-
-
interesting read
- De Daniel W. Eggemeier en 05-11-07
-
Target Tokyo
- Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor
- De: James M. Scott
- Narrado por: L. J. Ganser
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The dramatic account of one of America's most celebrated - and controversial - military campaigns: the Doolittle Raid. In December 1941, as American forces tallied the dead at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt gathered with his senior military counselors to plan an ambitious counterstrike against the heart of the Japanese Empire: Tokyo.
-
-
Vengence is Mine, Thus Sayeth Doolittle
- De Jonathan Love en 06-13-16
De: James M. Scott
-
PT-109
- JFK's Night of Destiny
- De: William Doyle
- Narrado por: David Drummond
- Duración: 8 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
A thrilling, moment-by-moment account of one of the most famous events of World War II - the sinking of PT-109 and John F. Kennedy's heroic actions that saved his crew - and a fascinating examination of how that extraordinary episode shaped the future president's life.
-
-
Hagiography, but a good one
- De Joshua en 10-20-18
De: William Doyle
-
Killing Jesus
- A History
- De: Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard
- Narrado por: Bill O'Reilly
- Duración: 6 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Millions of people have thrilled to best-selling authors Bill O'Reilly and historian Martin Dugard's Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, works of nonfiction that have changed the way we view history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly 2,000 years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God.
-
-
The Jesus story in context
- De Kimberly en 10-01-13
De: Bill O'Reilly, y otros
-
Pearl Harbor
- From Infamy to Greatness
- De: Craig Nelson
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 18 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Published in time for the 75th anniversary, a gripping and definitive account of the event that changed 20th-century America - Pearl Harbor - based on years of research and new information uncovered by a New York Times best-selling author.
-
-
Poorly researched, author loses credibility.
- De TBM en 12-23-18
De: Craig Nelson
-
Indianapolis
- De: Lynn Vincent, Sara Vladic
- Narrado por: John Bedford Lloyd
- Duración: 18 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Just after midnight on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis is sailing alone in the Philippine Sea when she is sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. For the next five nights and four days, almost 300 miles from the nearest land, nearly 900 men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. Only 316 will survive. Lynn Vincent and Sara Vladic tell the complete story of the ship, her crew, and their final mission to save one of their own.
-
-
As good as In Harm's Way but different
- De tru britty en 07-13-18
De: Lynn Vincent, y otros
-
Sea of Thunder
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 15 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
The book focuses on four naval commanders, two American, two Japanese, whose lives collided at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944 - a clash involving more ships (almost 300), more men (nearly 200,000) and covering a larger area (more than 100 thousand square miles, roughly the size of the British Isles) than any naval battle in recorded history.
-
-
Good
- De Hika en 12-28-09
De: Evan Thomas
-
Undefeated
- America's Heroic Fight for Bataan and Corregidor
- De: Bill Sloan
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Abandoned by their government, the men and women of the American garrison struggled against impossible military odds, rampant disease, and slow starvation to delay inevitable surrender by the largest American military force ever. Rather than picturing these defenders as little more than helpless victims of an overwhelmingly powerful and sadistic enemy-as most previous books about the Philippines campaign have done- Undefeated credits American troops with the unexcelled heroism and indomitable spirit they displayed under the worst imaginable conditions.
-
-
Mesmerizing
- De Amazon Customer en 03-30-17
De: Bill Sloan
-
Tin Can Titans
- The Heroic Men and Ships of World War II's Most Decorated Navy Destroyer Squadron
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
When Admiral William Halsey selected Destroyer Squadron 21 to lead his victorious ships into Tokyo Bay to accept the Japanese surrender, it was the most battle-hardened US naval squadron of the war. But it was not the squadron of ships that had accumulated such an inspiring résumé; it was the people serving aboard them. Through diaries, personal interviews with survivors, and letters written to and by the crews during the war, preeminent historian of the Pacific theater John Wukovits brings to life the human story of the squadron and its men.
-
-
Captivating
- De Jean en 09-23-17
De: John Wukovits
-
Act of War
- Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
- De: Jack Cheevers
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In 1968, a small, dilapidated American spy ship set out on a dangerous mission to pinpoint military radar stations along the coast of North Korea. Packed with advanced surveillance equipment and classified intelligence documents, the USS Pueblo was poorly armed and lacked backup by air or sea. Its crew, led by a charismatic, hard-drinking, ex-submarine officer named Pete Bucher, was made up mostly of untested sailors in their teens and twenties.
-
-
Mesmerizing book
- De Jean en 09-18-14
De: Jack Cheevers
-
Douglas MacArthur
- American Warrior
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Henry Strozier
- Duración: 39 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee. But he was also one of America's most divisive figures, a man whose entire career was steeped in controversy. Was he an avatar or an anachronism, a brilliant strategist or a vainglorious mountebank?
-
-
Claims to be balanced... glosses over flaws
- De Us 5 Camp en 07-03-18
De: Arthur Herman
-
For Crew and Country
- The Inspirational True Story of Bravery and Sacrifice Aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts
- De: John Wukovits
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
On October 25, 1944, the Samuel B. Roberts and 12 other vessels stood between Japan’s largest battleship force ever and MacArthur’s transports inside Leyte Gulf. Facing more than 20 Japanese vessels - including the 70,000-ton Yamato - the 1,200-ton Samuel B. Roberts turned immediately to action, churning straight at the enemy in a near-suicidal attempt to deflect the more potent foe and buy time for MacArthur’s forces.
-
-
Well Done Naval Story of the Samuel B. Roberts
- De David en 05-15-13
De: John Wukovits
-
Soldiers of a Different Cloth
- Notre Dame Chaplains in World War II
- De: John F. Wukovits, Fr. John I. Jenkins CSC CSC, Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC
- Narrado por: Robertson Dean
- Duración: 13 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
In Soldiers of a Different Cloth, New York Times best-selling author and military historian John Wukovits tells the inspiring story of 35 chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II. Ranging in age from 22 to 53, these University of Notre Dame priests and nuns were counselor, friend, parent, and older sibling to the young soldiers they served. These chaplains experienced the horrors of the Death March in the Philippines and the filthy holds of the infamous Hell Ships.
-
-
the characters shine through
- De Paul Forrest en 11-09-18
De: John F. Wukovits, y otros
-
The Fall of Japan
- De: William Craig
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
By midsummer 1945, Japan had long since lost the war in the Pacific. The people were not told the truth, and neither was the emperor. Japanese generals, admirals, and statesmen knew, but only a handful of leaders were willing to accept defeat. Most were bent on fighting the Allies until the last Japanese soldier died and the last city burned to the ground.
-
-
Superbly written history
- De Saman en 01-22-16
De: William Craig
-
Japanese Destroyer Captain
- Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Midway - The Great Naval Battles Seen Through Japanese Eyes
- De: Captain Tameichi Hara
- Narrado por: Brian Nishii
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
This highly regarded war memoir was a best seller in both Japan and the United States during the 1960s and has long been treasured by historians for its insights into the Japanese side of the surface war in the Pacific. The author was a survivor of more than one hundred sorties against the Allies and was known throughout Japan as the Unsinkable Captain.
-
-
Rousing tale of fear overcome
- De Jean en 11-28-14
-
Fatal Voyage
- The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis
- De: Dan Kurzman
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 11 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Shortly after midnight on July 30, 1945, the navy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The ship had just left the island of Tinian, delivering components of the atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima. As the torpedoes hit, the Indianapolis erupted into a fiery coffin, sinking in less than 15 minutes and leaving 900 crewmen fighting for life in shark-infested waters.
-
-
garbage
- De james ruzich en 06-14-19
De: Dan Kurzman
-
Nimitz
- De: E. B. Potter
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 25 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
-
General
-
Narración:
-
Historia
Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II is considered the best book ever written about Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Highly respected by both the civilian and naval communities, Nimitz was sometimes overshadowed by more colorful warriors in the Pacific such as MacArthur and Halsey. Potter's lively and authoritative style fleshes out Admiral Nimitz's personality to help listeners appreciate the contributions he made as the principle architect of Japan's defeat.
-
-
Spectacular Book
- De Darrell E. Fisher en 07-13-18
De: E. B. Potter
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Jersey Brothers
Con calificación alta para:
Reseñas - Selecciona las pestañas a continuación para cambiar el origen de las reseñas.
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Jack@NYC
- 05-30-17
Band of Brothers Meets Unbroken-a Remarkable Book
This is one of the most amazing stories I have ever read, rendered all the more amazing because it is pure fact, not fiction. Anyone who has any interest in the WWII action in the Pacific theater must put this on his/her reading list. As others have noted, it has echoes of "Unbroken", but not only does it cover the territory (and confirm) that book's recounting of the unspeakable horrors suffered by prisoners of war at the hands of the Japanese, it covers so many other aspects of the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to Bataan and the Philippines to the great land and sea battles including Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Leyte Gulf, the Coral Sea - all told from first hand accounts of the three brothers who were there and who could comment not only on the battles but on the commanders who ran them - MacArthur, Halsey, Nimitz, Turner and others. In addition, one of the brothers - the father of the author by the way - witnessed the early years of the war from the inner circle of the White House. He ran (actually, created) FDR's vaunted strategic "map room" and there interacted daily with the president and his war staff (as well as first lady Eleanor) before he, too, shipped out to join the war at sea. To have these three brothers all as first-hand witnesses to some of the major events of the war is itself astounding, and as you would expect, leads to some equally amazing - and heart-wrenching - tales from their home front, focusing on their indomitable mother, Helen. The author spent ten years researching this material not only from family archives but from sources scattered all over the world. She pulls it together beautifully. I couldn't put this book down. I walked extra miles just so I could keep listening and it left me in tears and emotionally drained at the end. Please read or listen to it; it is unforgettable. Brava Sally Mott Freeman!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 13 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Reviewer
- 06-14-17
Riveting, inspiring, devastating, beautiful
A patchwork of firsthand accounts, the result of painstaking effort to tell the hard-won truth of a missing Sailor and beloved family member. It puts the tragedy of the American military's unprepared response to the Japanese invasion under a microscope; I spent half of the book shaking my head in anger and disappointment, other portions longing help those imprisoned or killed in battle, the rest with pride swelling in my chest hearing the accounts of sheer bravery our military men exhibited. The events described in this book sparked a change across the world- from how each branch conducts business to the global standards of conducting war. It is a treasure among combat tales; this book devoured me.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 1 persona
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Jerry A
- 07-21-17
Great book on ww2
I enjoyed the perspective of a ww2 pow's family on the war in the Pacific theater.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Andrew Jacob
- 08-17-18
The Forest Gumps of WWII
I have read numerous books - fiction and non fiction - about the war in the Pacific. This story had no need to create characters on the scene of great events. These brothers were there - from FDR’s map room to the Doolittle raid, Pearl Harbor, and unfortunately Japanese POW camps. There is just enough color added to make the bare facts understandable. If you liked Unbroken you will love this book (unless you can’t bare to hear what about McArthur’s narcissism).
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- becky patrick
- 09-07-20
One of the beat ever!!
I loved this book.I cried at times and the detail was unbelievable.I felt like I was there.One of my very best reads ever.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- JT Koppa
- 08-02-18
Won't want to put it down...
This book was amazing!!! I couldn’t stop listening I felt like I was there with these people. The more I listened the more I wanted to know. Has to be one of the best WWII stories I have ever listened to or read.
Wow!!! Is all I can say about this. So worth it if you are a WWII buff or Navy History buff.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Utah Cowgirl
- 05-29-21
Well Done
what a marvelous piece of work,, thank you so much for your great efforts! When Helen Cross sat on her front porch steps with that letter I was furious at the Navy for their dissemination of the news. no spoiler here, but between the machinations of the Army and Navy I felt rather spoiled and extremely happy that I have been an Air Force brat, wife and employee. ( having just read the Bomber Mafia. .give it a shot, great book, and I was fortunate to have met some of those characters. my father's nick name during his active duty was Little LeMay...Dad was the armaments officer in England during WWII but managed to stow away on18 missions but I wasn't born until 1946 and grew up as a SAC brat).
thank you again for a truly wonderful book. I have ordered the hardback hoping there will be photos of the family, particularly Helen Cross.
best regards
Amy Meighan Utah
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Daditude
- 05-29-17
Wonderful read of a families attempt to bring one on theirs home.
With a book of this nature it is very hard to know where to start. However, it is best to start by strongly recommending that anyone considering reading it, you should and quickly. It is an inspirational read about three
dedicated brothers who did what most young men of the time did, which was to enlist in support of the United States of America. Navy men all, they attended the Naval Academy, became officers in the navy & served the country with excellence. This book chronicles then taking of one of them as s POW and the effort of the others to find and liberate him. This effort went on from December of 1941 to the end of the war in mid to late 1945. The book is written by the grand niece of the POW Barton Cross. She writes with amazing emotion, having done as much research one could do during the time in history and with the limitations during the time in history. I was honored to have been given the chance to glimpse the inside of their family and the pain they had to endure during this ordeal. It made me realize that we that never had to endure the struggle these men did have little to complain about in our lives. Thank you so very much Sally Mott Freeman and thank you so very much for allowing me the honor of reading about Barton, Bill and Bennie, they certainly honored the Cross and Mott names. I loved your book!
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
esto le resultó útil a 6 personas
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Wendy L. Knowles
- 08-20-18
I really wanted to love this book
I can understand why so many have given this book 5 stars, it just wasn't for me as much as someone maybe with a connection to that time. As a person with no war knowledge or interest, I had a hard time following some of the book and would be tempted to skip. I was more interested in knowing what happened to each family member and the dynamics of their relationships. I listened to the end because I wanted to know, especially since it was based on a real family and the niece who did all the research had invested so much into it, over 10 years! I truly enjoyed listening to a female voice, had it been male I probably would have quit listening but her voice kept me interested. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this time period or interested in U.S. wars.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña
-
Total
-
Ejecución
-
Historia
- Stutz
- 05-30-19
Powerful
An amazing story and so well written. As a reader you get to see the war from four perspectives. The home front and awaiting loved ones, from the WhiteHouse, from the deck of the USS Enterprise and Admiral Turners flag ship. Most of all from the detailed and horrifying life of a American Prisoner of War held by the Japanese in the Philippines. Cassandra Campbell does an amazing job as well. One of the best read books to date.
Se ha producido un error. Vuelve a intentarlo dentro de unos minutos.
Has calificado esta reseña.
Reportaste esta reseña