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USS WARD FIRES FIRST SHOT WWII
SUPERB, WORLD WAR TWO NAVAL HISTORY BOOK "USS WARD FIRES FIRST SHOT WWII" BY ARNOLD S. LOTT, LCDR, USN (RET) &
ROBERT F. SUMRALL, HTC, USNR, DATED 1983. THE BOOK COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE U.S.S. WARD AS A FLUSH DECK FOUR STACK DESTROYER
IN WWI, HER WORLD WAR TWO COMBAT EXPERIENCE STARTING WITH HER SINKING A JAPANESE SUBMARINE AT THE ENTRANCE TO PEARL HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE JAPANESE AIR ATTACK, HER CONVERSION TO A HIGH SPEED AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT, AND ENDING WITH HER SINKING
AFTER A KAMIKAZE ATTACK IN THE PHILIPPINES IN 1944. CONTAINS NUMEROUS PERIOD BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS, SEVERAL B&W
ILLUSTRATIONS, COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE "WARD" AS SHE APPEARED AT PEARL HARBOR IN 1941 AND AT ORMOC BAY, THE PHILIPPINES
IN 1944 WHEN SHE WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE, A CREW ROSTER FOR DECEMBER 7, 1941. IN NEW UNUSED EXCELLENT CONDITION, PRINTED
IN SOFT COVER, MEASURES 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 INCHES, WITH 49 PAGES. A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR LIBRARY!!!
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