| Preface | x |
| Acknowledgments | xv |
| 1 | Joining the Navy | 1 |
| 2 | Reporting Aboard the USS Trippe | 17 |
| 3 | North Atlantic in Wintertime | 35 |
| 4 | Bermuda Adventures | 47 |
| 5 | First U.S. Troops to England | 65 |
| 6 | Collision at Sea--Top-Secret Ammunition | 83 |
| 7 | Battle with German Wolf Packs | 93 |
| 8 | Casablanca | 109 |
| 9 | Start of Mediterranean Duty | 121 |
| 10 | Sicily, Algiers, and the King of England | 135 |
| 11 | Invasion of Sicily, and Sinking U-Boat U-73 | 147 |
| 12 | Leapfrog Landings, and a Major Rescue Operation | 163 |
| 13 | Invasion of the Italian Mainland at Salerno | 177 |
| 14 | A Rescue, a Very VIP Escort and Christmas Turkeys | 195 |
| 15 | Anzio Campaign--Home Again | 207 |
| 16 | Our Wedding Day | 223 |
| 17 | Commissioning--Shakedown--Traversing the Panama Canal | 243 |
| 18 | Entering the War in the Pacific | 255 |
| 19 | Atomic Bomb--Entering Tokyo Bay Surrender Ceremony | |
| 20 | Orders Home | 285 |
| 21 | Home Again--Completing the Circle | 291 |
| Annex Surrender: A First-Hand Account | 301 |
