Battle for Honor
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Keehan, Edong>warong>d, PUBLISHER: Trafford Publishing, Battle for Honor chronicles Edong>warong>d "Edyo" Keehan's coming of age during ong>theong> hardships of ong>theong> Great Depression and ong>theong> beginning of World ong>Warong> II, a time when ong>theong> future of ong>theong> free world hung in ong>theong> balance. It's a coming of age story that follows a skinny 17-year-old kid dropping out of high school shortly after Dec. to enlist in ong>theong> US Navy. ong>Theong> book follows Keehan's assignment to a light cruiser USS Savannah, and to her subsequent ong>fightingong> of Axis forces in North Africa and Europe, including taking a German pound radio control bomb on Sept. and inflicting ong>theong> ship with over 200 casualties. From ong>theong> Savannah, Keehan assigned to anoong>theong>r ong>fightingong> ship, ong>theong> USS Saint Paul ong>fightingong> in ong>theong> pacific. ong>Theong> Saint Paul had ong>theong> honor of firing ong>theong> last major salvo of ong>theong> ong>warong> on mainland Japan, Keehan decked in dress blues is aboard ong>theong> Saint Paul at Tokyo Bay when Gen. MacArthur accepts ong>theong> Japanese unconditional surrender, thus ending ong>theong> ong>warong>. ong>Theong> book chronicles Keehan's readjustment to civilian life as, and his subsequent life's mission: ong>theong> honoring of Westport's sons and daughters that left ong>theong> safety of ong>theong> hearth and home to join ong>theong> armed services to fight during World ong>Warong> II. However, Westport's World ong>Warong> II monument, called ong>theong> Honor Roll, which was built during ong>theong> ong>warong>, is missing, a victim of both time and neglect. In an effort to find out what happened to ong>theong> Honor Roll and to have anoong>theong>r ong>warong> memorial rebuilt, Keehan faces numerous obstacles, including opposition from ong>warong>ring town boards and committees, small town politics, and a few vindictive Westport residents bent on derailing Keehan's plans. Battle of Honor is a must read for World ong>Warong> IIbuffs, for those who enjoy history and for anybody who enjoys a good story.