During World War II, James Patric served for two years aboard the
destroyer USS George E. Badger. The ship, launched in 1918, was one
of several hundred mothballed World War I four-pipers. As American
involvement in World War II drew closer, most of them were
re-activated for service in the US Navy; four-pipers such as the
Badger were involved in reporting and tracking ships and aircraft
approaching American shores, seizing Axis ships in American
ports,occupying Greenland, and relieving the British from the
defense of Iceland. The Badger was involved in every stage of the
conflict, from pre-war Neutrality Patrol, escorting convoys,
anti-submarine warfare (a pioneer hunter/killer), carrying
Underwater Demolition Team 8, and pre-invasion (Frogmen)
reconnaissance of South Pacific invasion beaches.
This memoir weaves together the oral and written memories of
James Patric, a Connecticut farmboy who was drafted in early 1943,
with those of his shipmates on the Badger, supporting them with
documents and historical records. The book records the ships role
in worldwide conflict and traces the authors evolution from raw
peacetime civilian to veteran wartime sailor. Appendices list the
muster rolls of the crew and commissioned officers.
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