2 edition of Saving Big Ben found in the catalog.
Saving Big Ben
John R. Satterfield
Published
2011
by Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, Md
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Other titles | USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O"Callahan |
| Statement | John R. Satterfield |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | D774.F7 S38 2011 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | p. cm. |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL25287734M |
| ISBN 10 | 9781591148081 |
| LC Control Number | 2011023452 |
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However, when an author undertakes to retell a well-known story, he needs more than pretty pages. "Saving Big Ben" is a short book, but author John R. Satterfield has put a good deal of information in just over pages. Satterfield discusses Father Joe's early life, his decision to join the priesthood, his time at Holy Cross, and his time in the Navy/5.
Saving Big Ben: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O’Callahan is partly a biography of O’Callahan, partly a character-driven narrative of an aircraft carrier battling to stay afloat, and incidentally a look at the early 20th century immigrant culture that produced “Father Joe.” O’Callahan looked and talked like his Irish forebears.
Saving Big Ben is the narrative of the ship, attack, and battle to save her, told within the story of the first Jesuit military chaplain who became the first Navy chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. This well-written, entertaining volume is surprisingly comprehensive despite its brevity.
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Gives the account of Fr. Joseph T. O'Callahan, the first military chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. He was on board the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier known as "Big Ben", when two Japanese bombs nearly destroyed the ship.
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He was on board the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier known as "Big Ben," in the Okinawa campaign in early when a kamikaze attack nearly destroyed the ship and killed hundreds of sailors.
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