Tales of a Tin-Can Sailor A World War II Adventure

Name: Tales of a Tin-Can Sailor A World War II Adventure
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ISBN: 9781587217579

ISBN-10: 1587217570

ISBN-13: 9781587217579

Edition: N/A

Authors: Lawrence G. Reid

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Tales of a Tin Can Sailor is a wide ranging story of a sailor, two ships and many dedicated fighting men who, working together with a single purpose, accomplished sometimes heroic things. From waging submarine warfare in the Atlantic, participating in all of the invasions in the Mediterranean, to battling kamikazes in the Pacific, shooting down the last Japanese plane, with a task group the first to fire on the Japanese mainland, and the first allied ship of any kind to drop anchor in Tokyo Bay.Of particular interest and historical significance, are the actions described during the year spent in the Mediterranean. In all of the invasions-Sicily, Salerno and Anzio-the Navy played a major…

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List price: $20.23
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication date: 8/14/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Joining the Navy	p. 1
Reporting Aboard the USS Trippe	p. 17
North Atlantic in Wintertime	p. 35
Bermuda Adventures	p. 47
First U.S. Troops to England	p. 65
Collision at Sea--Top-Secret Ammunition	p. 83
Battle with German Wolf Packs	p. 93
Casablanca	p. 109
Start of Mediterranean Duty	p. 121
Sicily, Algiers, and the King of England	p. 135
Invasion of Sicily, and Sinking U-Boat U-73	p. 147
Leapfrog Landings, and a Major Rescue Operation	p. 163
Invasion of the Italian Mainland at Salerno	p. 177
A Rescue, a Very VIP Escort and Christmas Turkeys	p. 195
Anzio Campaign--Home Again	p. 207
Our Wedding Day	p. 223
Commissioning--Shakedown--Traversing the Panama Canal	p. 243
Entering the War in the Pacific	p. 255
Atomic Bomb--Entering Tokyo Bay Surrender Ceremony
Orders Home	p. 285
Home Again--Completing the Circle	p. 291
Annex Surrender: A First-Hand Account	p. 301
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