A Rocky Mountain Sailor In Teddy Roosevelt's Navy

Download or read book A Rocky Mountain Sailor In Teddy Roosevelt's Navy written by Rodney G. Tomlinson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An avid reader of naval history since my father's service in World War II, I had been struck by the marked contrast between the touching personal depictions of WW II photo-journalism and the dearth of portrayals of sailors as persons, not just undefined elements of crews. Frederick Harrod would observe, "Enlisted personnel are the forgotten men of naval history." 1 As a youngster I witnessed the first two years of World War II by hanging around recruits at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. While commissioned a line officer, my father proved too old for front line duty, so he was assigned to the legal staff as station deputy Provost Marshall, a position suited to his civilian profession of lawyer and US commissioner for Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California.