The Famed Green Dragons, The Four Stack APD's of WWII By: Curt Clark, CWO3, USN, RET, USS Talbot APD-7 (Turner Publishing Company) (192 pages, photos, drawings, maps) Reviewer: Bernard R. Ditter Rating: Four Stars--Highly recommended. An excellent book. The Famed Green Dragons is like your first taste of vanilla ice cream. You know that you like it and that you will finish the half gallon. . . .but not in one sitting. Although I should not reveal this, I am reviewing this book before consuming the entire package. However, I do not intend to return it until I do. Receiving this book makes me wish that the reviewer was entitled to keep the books that they review. Bound in an attractive green with an excellent picture of the USS Manley (APD-1/DD-74) gracing its cover, this book will be one that will not be tucked away in the bookcase but kept in full view to be looked at again and again. It is a compendium of information about the thirty-two ships and their crews who were "The Green Dragons". Operating in 13 areas of operation in Europe and the Pacific and in 262 engagements in 58 locations, the men of these ships received 201 battle stars, 8 navy Unit Commendations, 7 Presidential Unit Citations and too many individual awards and commendations to count. This book contains a chronology of the war as seen from the decks of an APD, a brief history of each ship and a more detailed account of their operations, a look at life on board and some personal observations (AKA sea stories), mini biographies of some of the crew, memorials to survivors and family and much more. This book is an absolute must for any survivors and/or families of survivors and participants. This book so filled with factoids and detail that it might scare off some but it is so obviously a labor of love that that emotion takes hold of the reader and insists that they keep turning the pages. I know that I did and stopped long enough to write this review so I could persuade others to run out and buy this book. Availability: Turner Publishing Company (800) 788-3350