All the Gallant Men audiobook

I finished this book last night, the eve the 75th anniversary. I don't know where to begin a review of this book. So I think a small quote from page 109 will say it all."Dear Lord,Lest I continueMy complacent way,Help me to remember that somewhere,Somehow out thereA man died for me today.As long as there be war,must answerAm I worth dying for?"Update 12/8/18I read in this mornings paper. Yesterday for the first time, there were no survivors present from the USS Arizona for the 77th anniversary of the attack. The five remaining survivors, Lauren Bruner, 98, Lou Conter, 97, Lonnie Cook, 98, Ken Potts, 97 and Donald Stratton, 97 were unable to travel to Oahu this year. Thank you for your service and the world I grew up in.Thank you Mr StrattonI write this with tears. I read in the paper this morning the Donald Stratton died Saturday 2/15/2020. Lou Conter and Ken Potts are the last survivors of the U.S.S. Arizona. I again thank all WWII Veterans for the world that I grew up in. Thank you.

Wow! This is the greatest non fiction book that I have ever read. From the beginning to the end it will grab your heart and move you to tears. I had to read awhile and put it down to dry tears and then pick it up again only to dry tears again. This sailor allows you into the most precious part of him to read what happened that December morning in Pearl harbor and brings the terror of the attack and the loss of so many gallant men into your life. My father served in the Pacific during World War II and I personally thank this sailor for his story. It truly allows us to see what happened during that War. Thank you Sir for sharing your story and your gallant life with me and the other numerous readers. Your bravery and the bravery of all those that day are truly standards that were set and that we can hope to meet. Extremely well written and very moving. Again thank you for sharing this story with us. God Bless you and your family and thank you again for your brave and gallant service.

What an amazing man and story. When I got to the end and found out he lives in Colorado Springs I emailed my dad (who also lives in the Springs). We are going to visit in August and I would like to buy this man a meal.

Brilliant As a military officer, I stand and salute this book. It tells the story of the brave who gave their lives at Pearl Harbor. What is special is that it is told through the experiences of a survivor. May we be a people of peace and never attack or be attacked in the future.

The memories of a patriot, a war hero, and a great American. If you rate this book anything less than 5 stars you need to have your head examined. Robert Walker

5.0 I am glad I read this book on so many levels. It may have been absolutely gutt-wrenching and unbelievably hard to read, but it is such an important book. I will never ever think of December 7th the same ever again. I felt honored to have heard Donald Stratton's story and only wish the story of so many of the young men whose lives were lost that day could also be told. I really appreciated Don Stratton's honesty, humility, love for his lost shipmates and his self-reflective nature. His question in the face of the guilt of living while others died, "Have I led a good life" is one that hopefully everyone asks themselves as well..

An excellent book who the author survived the U.S.S. Arizona explosion during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. Stratton, A seaman first class in the United States Navy suffered burns across two thirds of his body. After recovering, He reenlisted and fought in the battles of Leyte Gulf, Luzon, and Okinawa. One of the best firsthand accounts on the attack on Pearl Harbor by one of the survivors of the Arizona.

Raw emotionI felt this memoir. It got to me. I could make out the scenes in my mind. The descriptions were palpable. The history rich with sorrow. So sad for the few young people that lived with the horrors of Pearl Harbor etched in their minds. I learned so much from these pages. Humbling. "Have I lived a good life?"

A love story. A sailor and his ship. The Arizona.Possably the best book I have ever read. Just the right length and not alot of flowery descriptions.. Just the facts and such an emotional feel to Donald Stratton. Loved it and cried thru most of it. I feel that I am well acquainted with Donald Stratton.. Absolutely loved every page.

Never having read anything about WWII and generally disliking books on military history, I found this book honest and idealistic. It was a fascinating glimpse of the sinking of the USS Arizona and the men who either went down with it or survived. I was impressed with the sense of honor of sailors mentioned in the book.

"in an hour, boys had become men, and men, heroes."While I cannot truly begin to imagine how horrifying it must have been to watch one of the most devastating attacks in history unfold before my eyes, the vivid writing style really brought to life the experiences of Don Stratton, and allowed me to feel his emotions of anger, patriotism, and courage through his words, leaving me with a strong sense of reverence for all those who have fought in the war. This book goes into details about the HUMAN aspect of war and discusses the perspectives of families who lost their sons at sea as well as the collective effort of people from different walks of life to come together and contribute to help strengthen America under FDR's leadership. I think that this human aspect is one that we do not usually see in documentaries etc (which often focus on facts and numbers) and reading about the war from this perspective is really important for us in order to remember to not take the freedom we have today for granted.

This story from the inside will be a rich read to anyone wanting to know more about Pearl Harbor. For all the mistakes that were made by U.S. military that allowed this attack to go to fruition, I am so impressed with America's ability to bounce back to rebuild its Navy. But the heart of this story is the extreme sacrifice, heroism, suffering, and death toll. To hear this in the words of one who barely survived it is to experience one morning of hell on Earth. Correction, make that years of hell on Earth.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Donald Stratton, a Nebraska farm boy, was at Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941, on the USS Arizona and his account of that day and his other WW2 service (including Okinawa, book-ending campaigns of the Pacific War) and his tributes to the shipmates he lost that day, and thoughts on both the war and Japan are fascinating. A wonderful piece of writing, showing the real human side of one of the most fateful days in history. What he went through...jaw-dropping. A stunning memoir.

What an incredible story. One of the few remaining survivors of WWII tells his story as one of the even fewer remaining survivors of Pearl Harbor. Stratton was aboard the USS Arizona, where nearly half of the deaths on that day came from. He tells a remarkable history of remarkable people making remarkable choices, including himself as far as any reader is concerned. I struggled to get through this short book because I had to keep setting it aside due to emotions. No crying on the gym treadmill, or in the car right before walking in to work, etc! This is easily recommendable.

This book is a great combination of author and sailor who survived the sinking of the USS Arizona at Hawaii of December 7, 1941 driving the US into World War II. Donald Stratton was a teenager living in Nebraska on that fatal day, he was born and raised in Nebraska, his parents poor as will be described by the author. Stratton is 96 years of age now, there are but 5 members of the crew of the Arizona remaining but he has a great memory and as he tells all early in the book during discussions with the other 4 survivors and their memoirs was able to put this book together. One can't really say much as most have probably read books or studied in school about these events, even so I highly recommend everyone read it.