How Long to Read Sinking the Rising Sun

How Long Does it Take to Read Sinking the Rising Sun?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 29 minutes to read Sinking the Rising Sun by Jonathan Winters, William E. Davis

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Awarded the Navy Cross, Lieutenant William Davis, III, of the United States Naval Reserve was cited for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as pilot of a carrier based fighter aircraft on 25 October 1944. "Flying through intense anti-aircraft fire," the citation read, "he made an aggressive attack on a Japanese carrier, first strafing and then delivering a well placed bomb from low altitude. After this attack the carrier was left burning and subsequently sank." The burning carrier was the Zuikaku, the last Japanese carrier afloat that had taken part in the Pearl Harbor attack. In this gripping memoir, Davis gives us a fighter pilots view of World War II. Recreating the life-and-death drama of dog fighting and dive bombing over the Pacific, Davis recounts how his squadron shot down 155 enemy planes while losing only 2 of their own in aerial combat. No torpedo bomber or dive bomber they escorted was ever downed by an enemy aircraft. His is a story of "courage and skill . . . in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval service," as his citation noted. It is also a rare true-life account of what such heroics feel like behind a cockpit, in the face of a deadly enemy.

How long is Sinking the Rising Sun?

Sinking the Rising Sun by Jonathan Winters, William E. Davis is 324 pages long, and a total of 82,296 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sinking the Rising Sun Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 29 minutes to read Sinking the Rising Sun aloud.

What Reading Level is Sinking the Rising Sun?

Sinking the Rising Sun is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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