The “listen to” book for Bessie and me is now “The Ship That Wouldn't Die: The Saga of the USS Neosho- A World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea Paperback” – by Don Keith. It is another tale of great heroism, by my beloved Navy.
The name "Neosho" refers to a river in America. They named tankers like the Neosho after rivers for anyone thinking the name sounds Japanese.
Oddly, I’m finding it a precise allegory to our present condition in America. We are now experiencing the historical equivalent of the second wave of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The brave protests of last Saturday mirror the fury with which Americans responded to an attack on their country. Anchors Aweigh!
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