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Summary: Not since Michener have I been so enthralled with a book!
Review: My former boss was on the USS Celeno and sent me "Bluejacket Odyssey" to read and return. I found I just could not read and return it. I had to purchase my own copy for my WWII bookshelf.The research is unbelievable--dates, places, photographs. The appendix list of additional sources is fantastic. It's the kind of book to read slowly and go back again and reread. I never knew about the U.S. Naval Armed Guard. I knew about the U.S. Navy for I worked for the U.S. Military Attache office at the American Embassy in Norway from 1945 to 1947; then as a civilian secretary for the U.S. Air Attache in Ankara, Turkey, from 1947-1949. But all this time I never knew about the Naval Armed Guard. Not since reading all of Michener's books have I been so enthralled with a book. William McGee does a fantastic job of putting the U.S. Naval Armed Guard on the map. It's a great read. And all of it true. World War II was so sad.
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Summary: Not since Michener have I been so enthralled with a book!
Review: My former boss was on the USS Celeno and sent me "Bluejacket Odyssey" to read and return. I found I just could not read and return it. I had to purchase my own copy for my WWII bookshelf. The research is unbelievable--dates, places, photographs. The appendix list of additional sources is fantastic. It's the kind of book to read slowly and go back again and reread. I never knew about the U.S. Naval Armed Guard. I knew about the U.S. Navy for I worked for the U.S. Military Attache office at the American Embassy in Norway from 1945 to 1947; then as a civilian secretary for the U.S. Air Attache in Ankara, Turkey, from 1947-1949. But all this time I never knew about the Naval Armed Guard. Not since reading all of Michener's books have I been so enthralled with a book. William McGee does a fantastic job of putting the U.S. Naval Armed Guard on the map. It's a great read. And all of it true. World War II was so sad.
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