the Emmons Saga Paperback -

Rear Admiral Edward Baxter Billingsleys Book, The Emmons Saga, Captures The Deck Plate Routine Of The Sailors Aboard Emmons As She Intersected With The Great Events Of World War Ii And Influenced The Course Of HistoryAny Reader Who Has Ever Served Afloat Will Recognize The Authenticity Of Every Detail, And Will Appreciate The Complex Relationship Of An Individual Ship With War And Diplomacy.this Is AHistory Of Brave Men Members Of The Greatest Generation Who Operated In Both The Atlantic And Pacific Theaters Of World War IiAdmiral Billingsley Provides Us AMicrocosm Of World War Ii Naval Warfare, Spanning The Battle Of The Atlantic, The North African Campaign, The Normandy Invasion And The Battle Of OkinawaHistoric Facts And Colorful Seastories Depict Life Aboard ANaval Combatant And Illuminate The Bonds Of Friendship And Trust That Developed Among This Group Of Young, Inexperienced, And Untested YouthAs Members Of That Special Generation Pass On At ARate Of Over , Each Day, It Is Important That The Virtues And Sacrifice That They Epitomize Be Remembered By Future Generations Of AmericansUss Emmons Rose From The Depths Of Obscurity In When Her Gravesite Was Discovered Off The Shores Of Okinawa And Charted By American Recreational DiversHer Rediscovery Has Focused Renewed Interest Both In The United States And Japan Into The Character Of The American Youth Of That GenerationThe Emmons Saga, Originally Published ADecade And AHalf Ago, Has Been Revised And Updated, And It Deserves APlace Of Honor On The Bookshelf Of Every Maritime Historian And Lover Of The SeaRadm Jacob LShuford, Usnb President, Naval War College '