The book is dedicated to all service personnel in all branches who have and are serving our great nation-- and to the shipmates and  “plank owners” of the mighty Antietam.  

“God Bless them each and everyone.”           
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I also have a few copies sitting here in my office which you could order direct... Autographed of course : )

Just  or the book cover and I'd be please to send you an author's copy direct.

Thanks.
Jack DeBar Smith

Reviews and Commentary From The Publisher: Military service, particularly during an international war, is a very serious and admirable undertaking. Whether one chooses to serve or is drafted, the unknown experiences which await armed forces' personnel can incite apprehension, anxiety, and incomparable fear, as well as curiosity awe, and excitement.

In The  Iconoclast Goes to Sea: Dilemma in Blues, Jack DeBar Smith takes a wry and colorful look at life in the United States Navy at the commencement of World War II.

He is proud to have served his country as an aviation electronic technician mate and does not regret his time spent traveling from state to state and from school to school to obtain this position. His chronological recollections of these schools include pranks he and his peers played on each other and on the instructors at the University of Houston, a pretty companion serving as a "Women's Appointed Emergency Volunteer" USO who shared his free time in Oklahoma, the joy of attending a Dodgers game in Brooklyn, and a fragrant Easter package from home which arrived while on board the ship.