Unlike most military biographies, this book is not about warfare and the intense, personal dramas that accompany it. Instead, it focuses on the unusual, humorous, and often bizarre events that occur in wartime that are brought about by the random disbursement of personnel into unexpected situations and places. Although World War II is the backdrop, this is a book about people. It is about how the author’s life and the lives of those around him were influenced and repeatedly turned upside-down by the arbitrary and capricious orders of the U.S. Navy.
Soft cover; 6 x 9, ISBN 1-885003-24-2; $14.95 plus $3.50 S&H.
