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June 21, 2020 Gering Courier— 'All the Gallant Men: The First Memoir by a USS Arizona Surivor'
Donald Stratton, native of Red Cloud, Nebraska, tells the story of how he survived the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Stratton was severely burned and survived only by crossing a rope, hand over hand, far above the water to another ship... Read more...

March 2, 2020 KETV— 'A Hero's Welcome': Entire Nebraska Town Comes Out to Greet Casket of Pearl Harbor Survivor
What looked like the entire Nebraska town of Red Cloud came out to greet the casket of Pearl Harbor surivor Donald Stratton. "A heroes welcome in Red Cloud Nebraska," Stratton's niece, Nikki Stratton, tweeted... Read more...

February 27, 2020 KYMA— Military Matters; Yuma Remembers Pearl Harbor Surivor
Former Yuman Donald Stratton served during one of the worst attacks in American history. He was just 19, when Japanese forces attacked the naval fleet in Hawaii...Read more...

February 20, 2020 Chicago Morning Star— Another Pearl Harbor Surivor Dies at Age of 97
Donald Stratton, one of the last survivors of Pearl Harbor, has died at the age of 97. Pearl Harbor came under an attack on December 7, 1941. Stratton was onboard the USS Arizona...Read more...

February 20, 2020 NTV— Remembering USS Arizona Survivor, Donald Stratton
Donald Stratton "Don", a survivor on the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona passed away over the weekend. Don had ties to the Cornhusker state as he grew up in Red Cloud, Nebraska. A man of humble beginnings... Read more...

February 19, 2020 The Gazette— Public Invited to Attend Pearl Harbor Survivor Donald Stratton's Memorial Service
The public is invited to attend a memorial service for Colorado Springs resident Donald Stratton, the revered Pearl Harbor survivor who died last weekend at 97... Read more...

February 19, 2020 Norfolk Daily News— Stratton's Story Worth Reading
The One Book One Nebraska selection for 2020 is "All the Gallant Men" by Donald Stratton with Ken Gire. Stratton originally hailed from Red Cloud, and he was one of the survivors of the Pearl Harbor... Read more...

February 19, 2020 We Are The Mighty— One of Pearl Harbor's Last Survivors Dies at Age 97
Donald Stratton, who served aboard the USS Arizona when it was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, passed away on Feb. 15, 2020. He was 97 years old... Read more...

February 17, 2020 CNN— Donald Stratton, a Pearl Harbor Surivor and USS Arizona Crew Member, Has Died at 97
Donald Stratton, a survivor of the USS Arizona, died February 15, according to a statement from the Pearl Harbor National Memorial... Read more...

February 17, 2020 Fox News— Donald Stratton, Pearl Harbor Survivor Who Fought for Recognition of Hero Sailor, Dead at 97
Donald Stratton, one of the last USS Arizona survivors from Pearl Harbor who fought for the recognition of one of his heroic shipmates, died Saturday night in his sleep... Read more...

February 17, 2020 Lincoln Journal Star— 'Humble, very quiet hero': Nebraska Native, Author and Pearl Harbor Survivor Dies
Donald Stratton, a Nebraska native and survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor who turned his experience inot a book late in life, died over the weekend... Read more...

February 17, 2020 Omaha World-Herald— Donal Stratton, Nebraska Native Who Barely Escaped Flames at Pearl Harbor, Dies at 97
Nebraska native Donald G. Stratton spent a quarter-century trying to forget Pearl Harbor, the cataclysmic exploasion aboard the battleship USS Arizona that took the lives of 1,177 of his shipmates, and nearly killed him. Then he spent the next 53 years working to make sure that the rest of us did notforget... Read more...

February 17, 2020 USA Today— 'I've told my stories': One of the Last Survivors of the USS Arizona has Died at 97
Through the soles of his shoes, Donald Stratton could feel the heat from the platform where he stood on the wounded USS Arizona. The battleship shuddered as another explosion, the most powerful yet, cracked its hull...Read more...

December 4, 2019 Pikes Peak Courier— Donald Stratton: An American hero | From the Sidelines
My good buddy Mark Schaefer, who lives in Briargate, spends a lot of time with veterans. He takes them to lunch and breakfast, Air Force football games and the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs...Read more...

December 2, 2019 Norfolk Daily News— 2020 One Book One Nebraska book selected
The Nebraska Library Commission has chosen "All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor" by Donald Stratton as the 2020 One Book One Nebraska winner...Read more...

November 12, 2019 Lincoln Journal Star— Nebraska Man's Memoir of Surviving the Pearl Harbor Attack Chosen as 2020's One Book One Nebraska
A Nebraska man's memoir of suriving the attack on Pearl Harbor was chosen as 2020's One Book One Nebraska. "All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor" tells the story of Donald Stratton and is the first memoir by a USS Arizona surivor... Read more...

November 12, 2019 Nebraska Library Commission — All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor Chosen as 2020 One Book One Nebraska
People across Nebraska are encouraged to read the work of a Nebraskan —and then talk about it with their friends and neighbors. All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor (William Morrow, 2016) by Donald Stratton with Ken Gire is the 2020 One Book One Nebraska... Read more...

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November 9, 2019 Nebraska Center for the Book— Celebration of Nebraska Books, Lincoln, NE. 2:30 p.m. Nebraska History Museum. The celebration, free and open to the public, features presentations of the Nebraska Center for the Book's Nebraska Book Awards, Mildred Bennett Award and Jane Geske Award, One Book One Nebraska 2018 presentation, and 2020 OBON announcement.

January 13, 2020 2020 One Book One Nebraska Procalmation Ceremony, Lincoln, NE. 10:30 a.m. Warner Chamber, State Capitol. Governor Pete Ricketts will be signing the Proclamation naming the 2020 One Book One Nebraska selection as All the Gallant Men: An American Sailor's Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor by Donald Stratton with Ken Gire.

February 19, 2020 NCompass Live: OBON 2020, 10:00 am CT. Celebrate the 2020 One Book One Nebraska selection All the Gallant Men on this FREE Ncompass Live webinar! Sign up to join.

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