Skipper by Darold Raymond Beckman, 2010 1st PB Edition/Illus WWII True Story

Description: Skipper by Darold Raymond Beckman, 2010. 1st Paperback Edition with Illustrations. WWII True Story! World War II interrupted Ray Mann's college career in political economy and journalism. At midshipman school he chose service in the amphibious corps and was given command of a LCT (a 120 foot vessel.) As a green ensign he learned to lead a crew of a dozen men. Soon they were shipped to the South Pacific. The 22-year-old officer encountered unusual situations: being lost among fishing nets in Chesapeake Bay, leading a shore patrol into a rowdy Panama barroom, swimming under the ship to dislodge hawsers, almost losing a sinking ship, fighting a vicious typhoon, being run over in a row boat, landing in Luzon close to enemy lines, dangling on a line over two ships clashing together in rough weather, and so on. In Manila the skipper turned his hand at practicing journalism by investigating the political situation. He interviewed businessmen, senators , labor leaders, guerillas , and journalists. He uncovered corrupt ion and the powerful forces at work in a postwar political culture . He met a world-famous journalist and traveled with him to the mountain town of Baguio to fi nd out how a former collaborationist to be turned into a "patriot" so he could be groomed to become president of the Philippines . Life aboard ship was always lively with a scheming cook, an antagonistic exec, an ambitious quartermaster, a sympathetic bo'sun, an emotional gunners mate, and some crew members concerned with alcohol , sex, and liberty. The events actually happened and the characters are real people.

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