Table of Contents
List of Maps xi
Cast of Characters xv
Author's Note xix
Prologue: Silvis, Illinois; Christmas Eve, 1941 xxiii
Part I "Time Is Getting Short So I'll Say "So Long…'"
1 At'em Arizona 3
2 "My Brother Joined Up…" 25
3 Unsettled Seas 33
4 Chasing Ghosts: Thursday, December 4 55
5 Weekend Dreaming: Friday, December 5 75
Part II "Got to Find My Brother…"
6 "By This Time Next Week…": Saturday, December 6 95
7 Luck of the Draw: Saturday, December 6 113
8 Dawn: Sunday, December 7 131
9 "Andy, Who Are Those Guys?": Sunday, December 7 153
10 "My Brother's Up There!": Sunday, December 7 173
11 "Abandon Ship!": Sunday, December 7 190
Part III "There's Never a Day Goes By…"
12 The Waiting: Sunday, December 7 209
13 "Yesterday, December 7…": Monday, December 8 231
14 "The Secretary of the Navy regrets…" 243
15 Those Left to Remember 260
Epilogue: Brothers All 276
Acknowledgments 279
Appendices 283
A Brothers Serving on USS Arizona, December 7, 1941 283
B US Battleships in Commission, 1941 288
C Comparative Ranks of Commissioned Officers in US Military Services 290
D World War II-era General Protocols for Naming US Navy Ships 291
E Command Organization, US Pacific Fleet, Battle Force, December 7, 1941 292
Notes 295
Bibliography 313
Index 323