Remembering Pearl Harbor: Remembering Pearl Harbor: Eyewitness Accounts by U.S. Military Men and Women - Paperback

by Robert S. La Forte (Author), Ronald E. Marcello (Author)

This special edition commemorating the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which occurred December 7, 1941, presents a compilation of eyewitness accounts by those who survived, including soldiers, sailors, airmen, chaplains, and wives.

Author Biography

Robert S. La Forte was chairman of the history department, professor emeritus of history, and first archivist of the University of North Texas. He was the author or editor of several books and dozens of articles and entries in scholarly journals, encyclopedias, and dictionaries. He graduated from the University of Kansas, where he was a student of Donald R. McCoy. La Forte died in 2014.

Ronald E. Marcello is an author, teacher, and scholar. He is a former coordinator of the Oral History Program and Associate Professor of History at the University of North Texas. The author or editor of scores of guides, newsletters, reports, and journal articles, he has lectured widely on oral history and has conducted more than 900 interviews on various topics, including political, military, and civil rights history. He was executive secretary of the Oral History Association from 1976 to 1986 and its president from 1988-1989. He graduated from Duke University, where he studied under Robert Durden.