“Get the hell off this ship!”

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 his 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.

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

James Claude Beasley
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: ca. 70 photos, index
Copyright Date: 2018
pISBN: 978-1-4766-7328-8
eISBN: 978-1-4766-3236-0
Imprint: McFarland