PT Boat Episodes: At General Quarters in the Pacific and a Five-Month Yachting Cruise in the Atlantic with a Young...
- ISBN-10
- 1576381935
- ISBN-13
- 9781576381939
- Category
- Torpedo-boats
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Merriam Press
- Author
- Roger M. Jones
Description
The captain of the 171 at that time was Lt. (j.g.) William Battle, a particularly good friend of Jack Kennedy's (when Kennedy became President, he appointed Battle Ambassador to Australia). Most of my first two months, however, ...
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