The new Third Edition in stock now
The 2nd Edition-a few copies left
"Joining The War At Sea 1939-1945"
Excerpts from 2nd and Earlier Editions and Reader Feedback
Copyright Franklyn E. Dailey Jr. 2008
Table of Contents for Excerpts
- Draftees or Volunteers
- U.S. Military Draft and Pearl Harbor
- Warship Building
- World War 2 U-Boat
- Collision at Sea
- Operation Torch
- Sea-based SG Radar
- Attack Transports Sink
- Assault Landing
- Tiger Tank
- Darby Rangers Setback
- Eisenhower Needed Seaports
- Rohna Sinks; 1000 Soldiers Perish
- Death, Survival, and Leyte Gulf
The published book is now available in a Third Edition. (see cover picture, upper left)
Available now, direct from publisher, is the Henshaw Index 1 of the more than 300 ships that appear in the book. The exact page reference of the Henshaw index is for the Third Edition See index.htm for complete Indexes
An 8-page, single space, paper copy of this Index entitled the "Henshaw Index 1 Joining the War at Sea 1939-1945, ISBN 0966615145, by Franklyn E. Dailey Jr.," is available free by writing Dailey International Publishers, 500 Laurel Oaks Lane, Alpharetta, GA 30004-4508. Or, e-mail, frankyn21@earthlink.net
The seven listed pages below were added to the web extracts after the publication date (1998) of the original edition of the book, "Joining the War at Sea, 1939-1945." These may be thought of as Reader Feedback appendices 1-7 respectively. Purchasers of the published book are invited to download any one of these pages that seemed especially relevant to the published book buyer's interest. Additional material is still (2008) being added to these pages.
Annunciator Speaks! (Added to the published book in the Second and subsequent Editions, this gifted commentary from a man who "answered the bells" from a combat destroyer's bridge.)
Rohna Tragedy Tops Transport, Destroyer Toll