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Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the "Hanna" in the Postwar Pacific
Joseph C. Meredith
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Nearly a decade after he saw extensive battle action in the Pacific during World War II, Joe Meredith had a rare chance to return to the western Pacific for a more tranquil look at the breathtaking beauty of the region. As captain of the destroyer escort Hanna, Meredith was tasked with patrol and surveillance duty throughout Micronesia and also in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. He remembers it as the choicest independent duty a young commander could imagine and recorded his thoughts and activities in a daily journal that inspired this book. Taking the title of his memoir from Joseph ... Read more
Nearly a decade after he saw extensive battle action in the Pacific during World War II, Joe Meredith had a rare chance to return to the western Pacific for a more tranquil look at the breathtaking beauty of the region. As captain of the destroyer escort Hanna, Meredith was tasked with patrol and surveillance duty throughout Micronesia and also in the Bonin and Volcano Islands. He remembers it as the choicest independent duty a young commander could imagine and recorded his thoughts and activities in a daily journal that inspired this book. Taking the title of his memoir from Joseph ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781557505903
SKU
KEX0228274
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Ref
99-1
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