Rockaway Memories: Growing up in Rockaway Beach, Long Island

A national treasure of family life on Rockaway Beach, Long Island in the 1920's - 1930's through WWII. A captivating story written by Joseph Daniel Murphy, a WWII naval officer. Life lessons about family, compassion, faith, determination, and survival-from a member of the "Greatest Generation".

A deeply personal story of one young man growing up in the early 1920's and 1930's in the Belle Harbor section of Rockaway Beach, Long Island. Life was dramatically different than the hustle and bustl...