Bluejacket Odyssey: Guadalcanal to Bikini, Naval Armed Guard in the Pacific 1942-1946

Palo Alto, CA: Glencannon Press, Palo Alto, 1997. 1st ed. Octavo with dark blue boards and gilt stamping in grey and light blue pictorial jacket; 518 pages: illustrations; index; 24 cm Near fine with prior owner sticker on front flyleaf; else clean, tight and bright; in very good (+) jacket; a tad curled and rubbed at edges; now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9781889901053, 1889901059

"Bluejacket Odyssey is the story of a generation of Armed Guard, seen through the eys of a young volunteer. Combining interviews with shipmates, records from the National Archives and exhaustive research, McGee has produced an engrossing book that has the inimitable mark of one who was there. He tells an honest story, taking the reader for a ride through war zones on Liberty ships, Victory ships and a cruiser -- the USS Fall River. From Japanese Zeros, nuclear tests and South Sea native customs to marathon poker games, Bluejacket Odyssey is a close-up view of a defining period in our nation's history." -- Jacket copy.