Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-203) and index.
Contents
"You never know who your neighbors are" -- Real war -- Tambor class -- War fervor -- "Point luck" : the Battle of Midway -- "Hot, straight, and normal" : at liberty in Pearl Harbor -- "Moving haven" : mission to the Philippines -- "Pirate poetry" : at liberty in Australia -- Close calls in the South China Sea -- The tenth mission : peril and the Navy Cross -- Wave the flag on Market Street -- "Echoes of the past."