Throughout the World War II campaign in the Pacific, an ordinary seaman defied navy regulations by surreptitiously compiling a diary on scraps of p...
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Aug 13, 2010
Jackie
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I feel horrible for not being able to finish this book. I might pick it up again once I'm through my own giant stack. I got it at the library and had to return it.
I couldn't finish it. I made it to page 95 and couldn't read anymore. Although its a readible account it was repetative and a bit on the boring side.
But the author did a good job of making things not too repetitive, especially since most of the time on the ship was spent doing the same thing.
I couldn't finish it. I made it to page 95 and couldn't read anymore. Although its a readible account it was repetative and a bit on the boring side.
But the author did a good job of making things not too repetitive, especially since most of the time on the ship was spent doing the same thing.
Jan 26, 2012
Mike
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Outstanding first person account of James J. Fahey's wartime experience as a seaman on the U.S.S Montpelier, a light cruiser in the Pacific in WWII.
Aug 04, 2007
Nancy
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Engrossing readable account of the war in the Pacific from the perspective of a young man drafted into the Navy.
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