Trapped at Pearl Harbor Author:Stephen Bower Young Read by Author Author Stephen Young was a seaman first class assigned to gunnery duty in the turret no. 4 on the Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Struck by several torpedoes, the battleship started to sink, and Young and others became trapped when it overturned. He recounts their terrifying experience with stunning clarity... more », recalling their frantic search for an escape route and horror at finding the exits blocked. With incredible realism, he describes the water's inexorable rise, inch by awful inch, the sickening taste of fuel oil; the foul smell of the air; the nervous wisecracks echoing through the cold darkness; and finaly the silence, as the possibility of rescue becomes ever more remote. Undeniably one of the most dramatic episodes to unfold during the air raid, this story of Young's excape rivals that of any fictional thriller.« less