{"product_id":"9780595412709","title":"Wartime Sea Stories: Life Aboard Ships, 1942-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle-known are the ships that repaired cruisers with bows blown off, carriers with gaping bomb holes on deck, many at sea: This is their story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author was born is St. Louis, Missouri in 1923 to World War I Navy veterans, a Chief Electricians Mate and a Navy nurse. He joined the Navy on December 9, 1941. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He graduated from signal school at Pearl Harbor and was assigned to Admiral Nimitz's flag ship, the \u003ci\u003eUSS West Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e. He transferred to the \u003ci\u003eUSS Vestal\u003c\/i\u003e in August 1942, and served on that ship until November 1943.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHe was assigned to the \u003ci\u003eUSS Silverbell\u003c\/i\u003e, a net tender. Though an auxiliary vessel, the \u003ci\u003eSilverbell\u003c\/i\u003e saw four months of bombing and kamikaze attacks at Leyte Gulf. The small ship was also endangered by three typhoons. His tour of duty on the \u003ci\u003eSilverbell\u003c\/i\u003e lasted until January, 1946. He also served three months on the \u003ci\u003e USS Trego\u003c\/i\u003e. His last ship was the \u003ci\u003eUSS Norton Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, spending three months in the Arctic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466392776945,"sku":"9780595412709","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9780595412709_p0.jpg?v=1785642993","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595412709","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}