Got a new book to, er, listen to.

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It's called Sentinals of Fire by P.T. Deutermann.

  I cannot recommend this book enough to all you fellow ship nuts!!!

Quick blurb, paraphrasing the jacket liner:  It's about a young LT Commander who gets a promotion to XO, and is transferred to the USS Malloy (a Gearing class DD) on the eve of the invasion of Okinawa.  Vividly describes life aboard a tin can, as well as attacks by Kamakazes, etc.  I'm only half way through, but it's had me on the edge of my seat several times!

  If you see it- BUY IT, Borrow it, whatever you have to do- just get your hands on it.  VERY much worth the read!

  Having just been aboard a Fletcher class DD: The USS The Sullivans, this book is all the more vivid to me.  I can actually picture in my mind exactly what the author is writing about.  I got it on CD, with [edited] Hill narrating.

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Thanks Fletch, always looking for a good book. I have a long drive coming up and I like to listen to books while I drive. How is the narrator? and how long is it? 

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  It's 8 CD's, and runs for 11 hours.  The narrator does a good job- he narrates a lot of books on CD.  I can't believe the forum edited his first name...

I've had other books from P.T. Deutermann before, and they've all been good.

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Thanks for the recommendation!  Just finishing the last of the Destroyermen series and I need another navy book.