Aboard LCS 11 in WW II: A Memoir by Lawrence B. Smith

Lawrence Smith (1925 - 2005) joined the United States Navy in the fall of 1943. This book is about his experiences aboard a small warship in the Pacific in 1945. He and his shipmates braved the last battle of WW II, Okinawa, where more American sailors were killed than in any other battle. It was the enemy's last bulwark against the allied push toward Japan, and they resorted to a horrific kamikaze assault on the American fleet. Lawrence was a careful observer, and his notes and diaries alo...