Title: Dumb, not well researched book.
Review: This author did not spend enough time to know anything about anything on this ship or in the War. I spent 2 1/2 years of my life (sea time) on this ship and this guy has only biased preconceived ideas. I made three tours to the Gulf & I can tell you this guy is full of crap. His pathetic 2 weeks on boat ( most likely in a cushy stater room no doubt) gives him just enough credibility to write a book. He was not 'embedded' in anything like the other know-nothing reviewers pointed out. 2 weeks in the officers mess and smoking pits on a ship is nothing. He took a fun trip, he was not embedded. He is a civilian journalist who was on the boat for 2 weeks and spent half of that time with the officers and the other half on the smoking sponson. He paints a weird picture of the enlisted and makes their jobs seem minimal, like they had no training.
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