"Get the hell off this ship!": Memoir of a USS Liscome Bay Survivor in World War II

by James Claude Beasley

Overview

James Claude Beasley was a typical American teenager in the 1940s--a child of the Great Depression with an abiding commitment to family and country. With the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the Navy at 18.

His plainspoken, personal memoir recounts three years of service (1942-1945), from his induction at Winston Salem, North Carolina, to the sinking of his ship, the escort carrier USS Liscome Bay, by a Japanese submarine, through the end of the conflict and his return to civilian life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476673288
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	04/23/2018
Pages:	169
Sales rank:	505,087
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late James Claude Beasley worked in the North Carolina public school system as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. A retired teacher, Elsie L. Beasley lives in Newland, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface
 1. Early Life at Home
 2. School Days
 3. A New Life
 4. Training for War
 5. Practicing for Battle
 6. Hawaii
 7. Fun and Fight
 8. Calm Before the Storm
 9. Tragedy
10. Survival
11. Rescued
12. Return to Hawaii
13. In the Hospital
14. Recovery
15. Home for Christmas
16. Guam
17. Leyte Island
18. Second Battle of Leyte
19. Luzon
20. Time for Reflection
21. Okinawa
22. In Seattle
23. The Surprise
24. The Bomb
25. War Is Over
26. Discharge and Transition
27. Back Home
28. Navy Friends
29. We Meet Again
30. Remembering
31. The Grand Finale
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index