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General Quarters! : Memoirs of a World War II Veteran Aboard the LSM-143 by Ray McCoy (2016, Trade Paperback)

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GENERAL QUARTERS!: MEMOIRS OF A WORLD WAR II VETERAN ABOARD THE LSM-143 By Ray Mccoy **BRAND NEW**.

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t 17, Del Garforth begged his mother's permission to sign for him to join the Navy after news hit his hometown of Fountain, Michigan that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. This book retells the combat missions of the LSM-143 from the day it was commisioned until the day it was decommissioned in the Spring of 1946. Del's recollections will take you through the horrors of Kamikaze attacks and high level bombing attacks during the battle of Iwo Jima. Del relives his crew's survival of a Kaiten (suicide torpedo) attack at Kossol Passage and a suicide attempt by swimmers bearing explosives. You will witness the devastation of the typhoon at Okinawa that almost tore his ship to shreds. This tells the whole story of Del's experiences aboard the Landing Ship Medium...LSM-143