Submarine Commander
Subtitle: A Story of World War II and Korea
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: March 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780813109886
Subjects: European history: Second World War; Naval forces & warfare; World history: Second World War; World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Naval History - Korea Conflict; Naval History - World War II; History; History - Military / War; Military; Europe; Korea; Pacific Ocean; Military - Korean War; Military - Naval; Military - World War II
First sentence: Hvalfjordur, Iceland, December 1941. A few minutes before midnight, as the sixth of December passed into history, I scaled the familiar six ladders from my stateroom to "sky forward," the weatherbeaten compartment housing the antiaircraft director in Wichita, where I stood watch as gunnery control officer.