Graveyards of the Pacific From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island

Magnificent Ghosts of the Pacific War From Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay these battered veterans have slept beneath the waves for 60 years, harboring the last secrets of the greatest naval war the world has ever known. Some bear proud and famous names like Arizona, Yorktown, Yamato, others only numbers, but each has a tale to tell. Join renowned undersea explorer Robert Ballard as he revisits the pivotal Pacific naval battles of World War II in this lavishly illustrated volume that combines meticulous history with state-of-the-art oceanography. Graveyards of the Pacific is an evocative, moving tribute to the ships and men lost between the devastating Japanese surprise attack that launched four years of desperate struggle, and the even more devastating American atomic bomb that ended it. Featuring everything from dramatic archival photographs of warships under fire and vivid first-person accounts of going into action on the surface, underwater, and in the air, to haunting full-color images of long-submerged hulks that still exert a ghostly power and the fascinating story of how they were rediscovered, Graveyards of the Pacific is a unique, compelling voyage into the past.Ballard, Robert D. is the author of 'Graveyards of the Pacific From Pearl Harbor to Bikini Island' with ISBN 9780792263661 and ISBN 0792263669.