Author : Robert Livingston
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1663222665
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (632 download)
Book Synopsis The Anchor and the Journalist by : Robert Livingston
Download or read book The Anchor and the Journalist written by Robert Livingston and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 3, 1945 a swarm of Japanese suicide planes attacked an American ship, the USS Aaron Ward during the fierce struggle for Okinawa. The ship was all but destroyed and forty-two sailors died in the 52-minute battle. One of those killed was Laverne Schroeder, only two months before his eighteenth birthday. After the war an anchor from the ship was placed in the military section of the Bluff City Cemetery in Illinois. There the anchor remains, a silent reminder of kamikaze pilots who wanted to die and young sailors who wanted to live. This is the story of the Aaron Ward’s gallant fight, a brave young man, and a reporter’s quest to honor the ship’s legacy.