Log of World War II
Subtitle: a Pacific naval diary ; as recorded / by Vincent Evo DeCook ; transcribed and edited by Kenneth W. Huck
Contributors: Huck, Kenneth W.
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Bloomington, IN]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781453577578; 9781453577561
Subjects: Campaigns; American Personal narratives; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Sailors; Personal narratives; Biography
Other titles: Log of World War Two; Log of World War 2
Description: An eyewitness account of life on a war ship during World War II. Vincent DeCook, Yeoman Second Class on the USS Minneapolis, kept a diary that begins at Pearl Harbor through the Fall of 1942, including descriptions of Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the sinking of the Lexington, and the Battle of Guadalcanal, among others.