The Jersey brothers

En savoir plus sur le livre

Three brothers, all Navy men, find themselves at the center of pivotal moments during the war. Bill, a naval intelligence officer, is chosen by FDR to establish and manage a secret map room in the White House basement. Benny serves as the gunnery and antiaircraft officer on the USS Enterprise, one of the few ships to survive Pearl Harbor and the only aircraft carrier left in the Pacific by the end of 1942. The youngest brother, Barton, receives a coveted commission in the Navy Supply Corps, a decision made by their mother to keep him safe. However, this backfires when Barton is sent to Manila and is later reported as wounded and missing after a Japanese attack. Bill and Benny must now embark on a mission to find and rescue him. Drawing on a decade of research from global archives, interviews with shipmates and POWs, and long-hidden letters, this narrative takes readers from American front porches to Roosevelt's White House and the battlefronts of the Pacific. At its core, it is a family story, told with intimate, novelistic detail, showcasing a remarkable journey of agony, triumph, and brotherly love tested by the horrors of war.