{"product_id":"book-dzd9","title":"Unsinkable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA thrilling and vividly told account of the USS \u003cem\u003ePlunkett\u003c\/em\u003e-a US Navy destroyer that sustained the most harrowing attack on any Navy ship by the Germans during World War II, that gave as good as it got, and that was later made famous by John Ford and Herman Wouk.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than the story of a single, savage engagement, \u003cem\u003eUnsinkable\u003c\/em\u003e traces the individual journeys of five men on one ship from Casablanca in North Africa, to Sicily and Salerno in Italy and then on to \u003cem\u003ePlunkett's\u003c\/em\u003e defining moment at Anzio, where a dozen-odd German bombers bore down on the ship in an assault so savage, so prolonged, and so deadly that one Navy commander was hard-pressed to think of another destroyer that had endured what \u003cem\u003ePlunkett\u003c\/em\u003e had.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter a three-month overhaul and with a reputation rising as the \"fightin'est ship\" in the Navy, \u003cem\u003ePlunkett\u003c\/em\u003e plunged back into the war at Omaha Beach on D-Day, and once again into battle during the invasion of Southern France-perhaps the only Navy ship to participate in every Allied invasion in the European theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured here are five incredibly brave men-the indomitable skipper, who will receive the Navy Cross; the gunnery officer, who bucks the captain every step of the way to Anzio; a first lieutenant, who is desperate to get off the ship and into the Pacific; a seventeen-year-old water tender, who is trying to hold onto his hometown girl against all odds; and another water tender, who mans a 20mm gun when under aerial assault. The dramatic story of each plays out on the decks of the \u003cem\u003ePlunkett\u003c\/em\u003e as the ship's story escalates on the stage of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Navy logs, war diaries, action reports, letters, journals, memoirs, and dozens of interviews with the men who were on the ship and their families, \u003cem\u003eUnsinkable \u003c\/em\u003etranscends historical appreciation of a single military ship to become a timeless evocation of young men stepping up to the defining experience of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346941026608,"sku":"BDdzd9","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49346941059376,"sku":"10dzd9","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dzd9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773693457","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dzd9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}