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A detailed, sympathetic view of the life of an enlisted sailor on the Battleship California beginning in peacetime and through the Pearl Harbor attack and after. Mason was a radioman, an elite specialty for that time. His encounters with career battleship sailors are often amusing. The contrast between the simple peacetime life of a sailor in the tropics and the savagery the morning of Dec 7 and after is stark. One of the best "and I was there" accounts.
