One of the Crew, USS O'Bannon, WWII By: Walter Allen Lee (240 pages) Reviewer: Bernard Ditter Overall Rating: Two Stars--Some readers would enjoy it but many would not Occasionally a book will catch the attention of the reader in a way probably unintended by the author. On the chance that others who read it will have the same reaction to it that I have had I will offer my review.   Walter Allen Lee, following a succession of assignments to seven naval vessels from the date of his enlistment in 1939 until February 1944, landed aboard the USS O'BANNON (DD-450). From that date until the signing of the surrender documents on the USS MISSOURI in Tokyo Harbor on September 1, 1945 he served in a perpetual state of combat readiness.   The book is an almost verbatim transcript of his diary that he kept during those last months of the war. To say that the writings of a twenty year old, who at best was conflicted in his views, are captivating is a stretch. It is however an honest, unvarnished look at how one young enlisted man reacted to the pressures of the war, which for him caused more boredom than fear.   Reading the words 60 years later of someone who was there one is both charmed by the language of an surprised at the complacency of Radioman Lee; impressed with his faith and confused by his unemotional accounts of the battles that he and his shipmates engaged in.   It was interesting to read about the suicide attacks without his referring to them as kamikaze's since, at the time, he did not know the term. I was surprised to see so little reaction to the Atomic bomb in his diary. I would have expected a much greater reaction.   The most interesting aspect of the book was the information regarding their entry into Tokyo Harbor as escort to the USS MISSOURI and the details he observed during the signing of the surrender documents and the descriptions of the participants from a first hand account.   The boredom that Radioman Lee writes about on a day to day basis defies the understanding of most people. I can only imagine that such a reaction to the dangers of the time was a mechanism for survival and I am happy that Mr. Lee survives to this day to share his diary with us.   Availability:   Trafford Publishing Company www.trafford.com 1-888-232-4444 $19.95 plus shipping