Out Of The Depth Summary

In the book, In Harm's Way, by Doug Stanton the setting starts off in Litchfield, Connecticut, on Winvian Farm. The farm is described as being “in rich horse country”. It is the home of Captain Charles Butler McVay III. However, the majority of the book is set in late World War II, and the setting centers around the USS Indianapolis. For short she is referred to as the Indy. The ship is 133 feet tall, and 610 feet long, with a top speed of 32.75 knots, and 3-4 inch armor plating. The ship is a battle cruiser. Amongst other things it has 2 radio rooms, 4 boiler rooms, and an airplane hangar. Towards the middle of the book the setting is the Pacific Ocean. The oceans waters are full of sharks and debris from the sunken ship. The main characters

Descent into Darkness by Edward C. Raymer is an exceptional piece of work that accounts the history and aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941. Raymer’s purpose when writing Descent into Darkness was to mainly depict the story of what naval divers did during the recovery process after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the hazards endured and the sometimes nearly impossible hardships they overcame, and the innovative diving techniques implemented used to salvage as many damaged battleships and naval capabilities back to fleet. The primary content also includes tense descriptions of diving after horrific circumstances, the human factors that are seldom known, and the

Then in August of 1943, as commander of the U.S. Navy he became a war hero by rescuing several crewmen after the boat was rammed by a Japanese destroyer.

Gowrie, Iowa native, Orval Hasty needed money to attend college, so he joined the marines in 1940, he ended up earning this money after the war. He got assigned at Ford Island to guard In February 1941. Around the 450 acre island there were other vessels and battleships. Orval said, "It was good duty. The climate was nice, we weren 't overworked and it was fun," with regard to the Naval Air Station Ford Island. When not at work Orval attended flying lessons, visited shows, and hung out at beaches. Sleeping in on Sunday mornings was normal for Marines and Sailors not on duty. Orval got up early asking his parents about his driver’s license through the mail. Orval didn’t know what was about to happen. No one knew. Before dawn 183 Japanese bomber planes, torpedo planes and fighter planes took flight on their way to Pearl Harbor. Wave two came later.

Ford Island had been hit bomb and torpedoes. One of the ships the USS Arizona was

His father was in World War II, a Marine in the Third Marine Division. He fought the Japanese in the Pacific.

It takes just twelve minuets for the lives aboard the USS Indianapolis to change; through a devastating event the sailors must learn to deal with their fears in order to survive. After the sinking of their beloved ship the stranded survivors fear help will not come. “ A quick survey turned up three rafts, provisioned with tins of spam, malted milk tablets and four casks of fresh water, not much for so many men, but it was better than

At 6:45 a.m. on the morning of the attack an unidentified submarine was spotted trying to sneak into Pearl Harbor behind and incoming supply ship that was heading towards the island (Arroyo 34). At 7:45 a.m. Lieutenant Commander Logan Ramsey was on duty on Ford Island’s command center when he heard a plane diving and bombs so he sent out a

During that summer he took many different back strengthening exercises, and in September he was accepted by the Navy. In March 1943, as a lieutenant he took command of a PT (torpedo) boat in the Solomon Islands. On the night of August 2, his boat was cruising west of New Georgia it was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He rallied the survivors and managed to get them to an island after being thrown across the deck onto his back. He then towed a wounded man three miles through a rough journey through different seas. He was a very brave man, for several days he risked his life repeatedly, swimming into dangerous waters hoping to find a rescue ship. He finally met up with two friendly islanders and sent them for aid with a message that he carved on a coconut. Back home he received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, and the Purple Heart, but his earlier back injury had been aggravated, and unfortunately he contracted malaria. After an operation on his back, he was discharged early in 1945.

Among the Hidden and what it means to me. In “Among the Hidden”, Margaret Haddix, there is a child that is stuck inside his house and if he goes outside he must make sure he is not seen by the government because it was illegal to have more than two children. The reason I chose to read this book is that I love books I can get lost in. I can read this book repeatedly and it never gets boring to me.

“We were losing three or four each night and day,” said Loel Dean Cox, a survivor of the USS Indianapolis tragedy. The USS Indianapolis was a Naval cruiser that was hit with a torpedo and sunk in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 1945. The ship had over 1,200 men on board, with 800 made it into the water, and only 316 survived after being rescued. The men spent four days in the shark infested waters, now the USS Indianapolis tragedy is called the worst shark attack in history. The USS Indianapolis tragedy could have been avoided if Captain McVay’s request for a destroyer escort was approved, the ship was informed of the nearby Japanese submarines before the accident, and if the mission was not as secret, Naval Base Guam could have realized something

In the story among the hidden written by Margaret Peterson Haddix the main characters luke and Jen do lots of things to stop a big problem it the world. The setting takes place in a small town on a farm. Luke and Jen are shadow chiles. Shadow child are the third child of a family but the law is that you can only have 2 or less childs. The beginning of the story starts when Luke is outside then his mom calls him is then he took his last breath of fresh air then went in.

What the admiral was afraid that the americans would come to the japanese with a strike even harder than they landed instead of their intentions about america keeping out

John Finn was born on 23 July, 1909 in Los Angeles Country, the son of a plumber. He dropped out of school and enlisted in the Navy 1926 at the age of 17. Finn needed his mother to sign him up because he was so young. Even though he had a limited education, he became an Aviation Ordnanceman and made his way through the enlisted ranks finally being promoted to Chief Petty Officer in only 9 years. “Everybody thought I was a boy wonder” Finn recalled “I was just in the right place and the right time” Finn was glad for the promotion because a Chief Petty Officer earned $99 month. This helped him and his wife Alice, who he married in 1932.

The Dig Deeper provides more information on the main article. This Dig Deeper shows a graph illistrating the population of cicadas. The x-axis represents the time in years, and the y-axis represents the amount of adult 17-year cicades in thousands per acer. At year 17 the population rose to 100 thousand per acre. Then, 17 years later at 34 years, the population rose to over 125 thousand per acre. During the 17 year gap the population immeditatil drops to zero. This occurs because the adulat lay their eggs then die and the nexy generation hatches after 17 years. This information betters my understanding because I can tell how dracticaly the population changes.