![]() ![]() ![]() His older brothers go on a mission to save him the devil is in the details.įirst-time author Sally Mott Freeman is the real-life daughter of Bill Mott. But the plan misfires when Barton is sent to the Philippines and goes missing amid a Japanese attack. He is not academy fodder and is placed in the Navy supply corps, mostly because his overbearing mother wants her youngest - arguably her favorite - out of harm’s way. Youngest brother Barton is from their mom’s second marriage. Fellow Annapolis grad Benny is an anti-aircraft officer on one of the only carriers to escape Pearl Harbor. Annapolis grad Bill is picked by FDR to run the first Map Room in Washington. Part history and part family memoir, the book chronicles the extraordinary adventures of three brothers, all Navy men, at the center of some of the most dramatic turning points of World War II.īill and Benny Mott and Barton Cross are brothers from New Jersey. It's a question for the ages: Save your family or save the world? “The Jersey Brothers” shows that true heroes try for both. ![]()
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