TIN CAN SAILORS BOOK REVIEWS There are many books published about the Navy and its ships. We focus here on those books that are related to destroyers that our volunteer reviewers found to be worthy of member attention. Please click on book title to read the review. The rating system that we use is as follows:                 Highly recommended. An excellent book.                      Recommended. A solid effort.                           Some readers would enjoy it but many would not.   To save space and time we list here reviews of only those books that the reviewers felt were appropriate for our readers. We strive to present reviews of books that will have a wide interest to the general membership on destroyer-related topics and stories. Often we receive a book with a request that we review it when the book is not really appropriate to Tin Can Sailors members and while it may be a well-written book, fails to meet our requirements or may be limited in appeal to those aboard a single ship during a specific time period. Consequently, we do not list such books and their reviews here.   Adventure, Adversity and Anecdotes on the Charles J. Badger (DD-657)   by John A. Pritzlaff Aircraft Carriers: The World's Greatest Naval Vessels and their Aircraft by Chris Bishop and Chris Chant     Anchors and Eagles by Paul Adkisson Antisubmarine Warrior in the Pacific by John A. Williamson     At War with the Wind: The Epic Struggle with Japan's World War II Suicide Bombers         by David Sears Battle Stars and Naval Awards by J.W. Perkins     Black Oil Chief USN by William E. Sneed A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS EDSALL           by Donald M. Kehn, Jr.     Boatswain's Mate by Pat Johnston A Call to Colors by John J. Gobbell     CAPTAIN A Sea Story by John G. Denham       Carrier Clash the Invasion of Guadalcanal & the Battle of the Eastern Solomons August 1942 by Eric Hammel Carrier Strike--The Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands October 1942 by Eric Hammel     Corry – A D-Day Survivor’s Stories About The Destroyer That Led The Normandy Invasion by LTJG Francis M. McKernon as told to Kevin McKernon Cruise of the Blackwind by William Haiber     DD 522: Diary of a Destroyer by Ron Surels DD-891 Ready in Peace and War        by John G. Denham     Destroyer Captain -- Lessons of a First Command by ADM James Stavridis USN Destroyermen Three Minutes to War    by Richard Tennent     A Destroyer Sailor's War by Jerome S. Welna Down to the Sea by Bruce Henderson     Dreadnaught's Curse by Howard Hoyt Hilton Due to Enemy Action by Stephen Puleo     The Emmons Saga, A History of the USS Emmons (DD-457/DMS-22) by Edward Baxter Billingsley The Famed Green Dragons, The Four Stack APD's of WWII by Curt Clark     From Stem to Stern -- A Fletcher's Story by Joe Galligan Gainard Against the Odds by L.R. Moise, PhD     Gallant Lady by Don Keith and Ken Henry The German Invasion of Norway-April 1940 by Geirr H. Haarr     Halsey's Typhoon: The True Story of a Fighting Admiral, an Epic Storm, and an Untold Rescue by Robert Drury and Tom Clavin       A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific by Joseph C. Meredith Hard Charger! The Story of the USS Biddle ( DLG-34) by Jim Treadway     Harm's Way--Every Day by Harold "Bud" Kalosky Hell is Upon Us by Victor Brooks      Hey Mac by Jack Holman Hunt and Kill U–505 and the U–Boat War in the Atlantic    edited by: Theodore P. Savas     Hooligan Sailor by Leon Frederick Indestructible by Jack Lucas     Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-1988 by Harold Lee Wise In the Name of Allah by Ed Crawford     Join the Navy and Discover the World by Karl G. Heinze Korea Operation War Dance     by Alfred Smith McDonald     The Last Epic Naval Battle--Voices from Leyte Gulf by Davis Sears The Last Stand of Fox Company by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin     The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors   by James Hornfischer Mayday Tugs of War A documentary film by Robin Williams     The Messman Chronicles--African-Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943 by Richard E. Miller Modern U.S. Navy Destroyers                     by S. F. Tomajezyk     Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal by Ken Friedman Murder on Pratas Reef by Rick Ainsworth     The Navy Way by Richard H. Rothrock The Neptune Strategy by John J. Gobbell     Norfolk to Abadan and the Long Way Home     by Louis Cattera No Tombstones in the Sea by Daniel Keough     One of the Crew, USS O'Bannon, WWII   by Walter Allen Lee The Original Tomcat a Fletcher Destroyer Goes to War by Jackson Sellers     Our Country, Right or Wrong by Leonard F. Guttridge Pearl Harbor to Tokyo and Beyond by Eugene McClarty     Playing for Time War on an Asiatic Fleet Destroyer by Lodwick H. Alford Quicksilver: A Greyhound at Sea      by CDR Jack L. Wells, USN Ret.     Red Star Rogue by Kenneth Sewell with Clint Richmond Retribution The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 by Max Hastings     Sailors to the End: The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It    by Gregory A. Freeman Sailor--Write Your Mother by Frank Herbert Spittle     The Saltiest Ship in the Fleet by John Kieft Scars of the Square Needle by Pierre R. Beaumier     Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke Volume I & Volume II edited by Bob Cohen and Terry Miller Sea of Thunder: Four Commanders and the Last Great Naval Campaign 1941-1945 by Evan Thomas     Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson Shadows on the Horizon by Winthrop A. Haskell     Ship of Ghosts by James D. Hornfischer South Pacific Destroyer: The Battle for the Solomons from Savo Island to Vella Gulf by Russell Sydnor Crenshaw, Jr.     Southern Redfeet by Charlie Stephen Nelson, Sr. Splashdown! NASA and the Navy by Don Blair     Standing into Danger by Cassie Brown Steel Boat, Iron Hearts – A U-Boat Crewman’s Life Aboard U-505             by Hans Goebeler with John Vanzo     Steve McQueen Would Be Proud by Steve Mitchell Swabby by Jack Haberstroh, Ph.D.     Swabby II by Jack Haberstroh, Ph.D. Sweepers Sweepers Man Your Brooms    by Jeff Zahratka     Tales from a Tin Can by Michael Keith Olson Ted: The Life of a Navy Man by William E. Thedford     Tempest, Fire and Foe Destroyer Escorts in WWII  and the Men Who Manned Them by Lewis M. Andrews Jr. They Say There Was a War by Richard David Wissolik, Director & General Editor     This is Latch The Story of Rear Admiral Roy F. Hoffman by Weymouth D. Symmes Three Minutes Off Okinawa by Roy S. Andersen     Thunder in the Night a Sailor's Perspective on Viet Nam by Raymond S. Kopp Thunder and Storm: The Haverfield Incident by Rick Ainsworth     Tin Can 367 Dedicated to the Crew of the Lamson 1936-1946 Compiled and edited by Richard A. Phelan, its engineering officer Tin Can Man by Emory J. Jernigan     To War in a Tin Can by James H. Patric U.S. Destroyers 1934-45: Pre-War Classes by Dave McComb     U.S. Destroyers--Revised Edition; An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman with Ship Plans by A.D. Baker III       USS Kidd (DD-661) by Robert F. Sumrall A View from the Deckplates by George J. Chambers     When Duty Whispers Low by John Gobbell Wooden Ships and Iron Men by Cdr. David D. Bruhn