Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir SeriesLodwick Alford's memoir of his service as an officer on board the destroyer USS Stewart (DD-224) of the Asiatic Fleet from before the war through its abandonment in a dry dock in Java in February 1942; also serving as a history of the ship's wartime service; including as a patrol boat in the Japanese Navy. The author also provides a history of the Asiatic Fleet during that time period when it was part of the naval forces that stopped the Japanese juggernaut on their southward expansion in the Pacific.ContentsPearl Harbor AttackedThe Asiatic Fleet: USS Stewart (DD-224)War!Playing for TimeSaga of the USS Peary (DD-226)Japanese Juggernaut Rolls SouthDestroyers Win OneImpending DisasterThe Beginning of the EndBaptism of Fire: USS StewartAbandon Ship!Allied Defeat!The Enemy Mops UpEscape From the Java SeaOrdeal of Edsall and WhippleIsabel Runs Gauntlet"Titivate Ship"Born Again—Under the Rising SunHomeward BoundRemaining Destroyers and Other ShipsPersonaeRecognitions; Decorations and AwardsShip’s Company Personnel of USS Stewart (DD-224) at Time of Battle of Badoeng Strait; 20 February; and Abandonment; 22 February 1942BibliographyBrief Biography of Lodwick H. Alford37 BW photosReview by Vic Campbell: Capt. Alford describes with vivid texture the life of a young officer aboard a four piper in the Asiatic Fleet. It surprises me; finding myself; a destroyer veteran and officer of Vietnam; experiencing my own life over again through his descriptions in a time 30 years before mine. The wardroom—the staterooms—the watches... One feels the salt air sting the eyes and the protocol stiffen the spine. It all comes back. There is so much tradition in the Navy. It lives from generation to generation.
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