Publisher's Synopsis
Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series
Second Edition 2011
From training at Melville, Rhode Island, to the South Pacific where as XO and CO of PT 61 and CO of PT 48 he served at Tulagi-Florida Island, Guadalcanal, and the Russells, as well as on different assignments in Torokina, Bougainville, and Emirau, New Ireland, back to Melville and on to the USS Jamestown (AGP-3) as XO, home based in the Philippines, and finally to his post-war career in the Navy.
Included are his bird collecting and taxidermy efforts during and after the war, as well as an encounter with future president John F. Kennedy.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Pearl Harbor and Joining the Navy
Chapter 2: Motor Torpedo Boat Training, Melville, Rhode Island
Chapter 3: To the South Pacific
Chapter 4: The Old-Timers: Heroes of the PT Saga
Chapter 5: Calvertville
Chapter 6: XO of PT 61
Chapter 7: Patrolling and Boxing
Chapter 8: The Russells, Rats, and Poker
Chapter 9: Taxidermy-South Pacific Style
Chapter 10: CO of PT 61
Chapter 11: Kennedy, Crocs, and Gunboats
Chapter 12: CO of PT 48
Chapter 13: Torokina and Malaria
Chapter 14: Bougainville and Bird Collecting
Chapter 15: Emirau and Back to the U.S.
Chapter 16: Melville Again
Chapter 17: Back to the Pacific; Chapter 18: XO of the Jamestown
Chapter 19: Japan Surrenders and Jamestown Returns Home
Chapter 20: Recuperating in Hollywood
Chapter 21: My Post-War Studies
Chapter 22: Naval Reserve and Civilian Life
Chapter 23: Epilogue
100 photos/illustrations
