Sailors, Ships, Samurai and Survival

These are the memoirs of a young Texas boy whose Grandparents immigrated from Czechoslovakia. His detailed accounts from bootcamp, to becoming a gunner on the USS Hickox to news the war has ended will fill you with suspense.
His style of relatable writing really puts you in his shoes as he shares his step by step journey through WW2 as a young boy who leaves the Navy a Man." -Chris and Jessica Ibey, his caregiver at the end)