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Title: Tin Can Sailor: Life Aboard the USS Sterett, 1939-1945 (Bluejacket Books) by C. Raymond Calhoun ISBN: 1-55750-228-5 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I Finally Got It!
Comment: I have read many books on destroyers during WWII. This is the first book that put me on the deck during a night surface battle, and I could SEE what was going on. There is no hype, no "I was a hero" type of comments, just the facts. You can feel the pain he felt when he saw a fellow sailor dead on the deck. It almost brought me to tears.
If you want to SEE what life on a destroyer was like in WWII, this is a MUST READ book!
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Navy Adventure!
Comment: Like a previous reviewer, my father also served on a WWII Pacific destroyer. This book helps to capture what life on a destroyer must have been like. Interestingly, it follows the life and action of this ship from it's beginning in the shipyard; through its exciting sea battles, and then to her decommissioning. Thankyou Capt. Calhoun for a book well done.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tin Can Sailor
Comment: The book had special meaning for me in that my father was aboard the Sterett from October 1941 to October 1943. Although he had often explained many of the events aboard ship, the connection for me between the war and it's lasting affect on the men who served, was not realized until I read the gripping tales recounted by Captain Calhoun. In a well researched history enhanced with the credibility of first hand knowledge, Captain Calhoun related the Sterett's experience. Every child, grandchild, and great grandchild of every sailor who ever served during WW II on any ship of any kind should read this book and well-up with the pride of having known, or have in their lineage the brave men who stood in harms way to preserve our freedom. My regret is that I had not read it prior to my father's passing on December 10, 1999 and let him know how proud of him I am. Thank you Cal wherever you are.
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Title: Battleship Sailor (Bluejacket Books) by Theodore C. Mason ISBN: 1557505799 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors : The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour by James D. Hornfischer ISBN: 0553802577 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Brave Ship Brave Men (Blue Jacket Books) by Arnold S. Lott ISBN: 1557505233 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1994 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Thunder Below!: The Uss Barb Revolutionizes Submarine Warfare in World War II by Eugene B. Fluckey ISBN: 0252066707 Publisher: University of Illinois Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: "We Will Stand by You": Serving in the Pawnee, 1942-1945 (Bluejacket Books) by Theodore C. Mason ISBN: 1557505810 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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