Hello and welcome to another episode of the World War II podcast I'm Angus Wallace.

In this episode I'm joined by Walter Borman.

Now if you cast your mind back I talked him in episode 25 about General MacArthur. That was

nearly three years ago how time flies. But since then Walter has been busy researching the sinking of the

USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 and the

fate of the crew crew including a remarkable 23 sets of siblings.

His new book is called Brothers Down and I thought we'd get him back to discuss it. But before we get there I'd like to say

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Right, so on to the main feature, Walter, welcome back.

So we're going to be looking at the USS Arizona and the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Shall we start with the ship?

When was she laid down?

What kind of ship was she?

The Arizona is really a cutting edge battleship that's laid down in 1913.

She's launched in 1915.

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