[SteveR]

Thanks Keith!

No, I haven't bought it yet. Price went up for the copy I was looking at, then I got distracted and purchased about ten other books. I'll start checking prices on this one again later today.

I know what you mean about how a book can spark a life-long passion for a particular ship, aircraft type, or unit. Happened to me when I first read Stafford's The Big E around 1977. A year or so later I was introduced to a friend of my grandfather's who had served aboard her. Good memories...