Destroyermen: Three Minutes To War (Volume 2)
Richard Tennent studied creative writing and literature at the University of Michigan before joining the Navy. Volunteering for duty on a destroyer operating in the Korean combat zone, he soon rose to the positions of Officer of the Deck-Underway and Engineer Officer. Leaving Korea he served in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. After the navy he attended Vanderbilt University School of Law, going on to practice banking and business law for forty-two years. Two months after he retired, the events of September 11, 2001 occurred. He again answered his need to serve by joining the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. Reminded of the many untold stories about his favored destroyers and the brave sailors who went to sea in them, this proud patriot now writes of their adventures and trials. He and his wife have three grown children and ten grandchildren. They live in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Destroyermen: Three Minutes To War is his first book.