{"product_id":"playing-for-time-war-on-an-asiatic-fleet-destroyer-paperback","title":"Playing for Time: War on an Asiatic Fleet Destroyer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLodwick H. Alford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMerriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series\u003c\/p\u003eLodwick Alford's memoir of his service as an officer on board the destroyer USS \u003ci\u003eStewart\u003c\/i\u003e (DD-224) of the Asiatic Fleet from before the war through its abandonment in a dry dock in Java in February 1942, also serving as a history of the ship's wartime service, including as a patrol boat in the Japanese Navy. The author also provides a history of the Asiatic Fleet during that time period when it was part of the naval forces that stopped the Japanese juggernaut on their southward expansion in the Pacific.\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePearl Harbor Attacked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Asiatic Fleet: USS Stewart (DD-224)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWar \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaying for Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaga of the USS Peary (DD-226)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapanese Juggernaut Rolls South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDestroyers Win One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImpending Disaster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Beginning of the End\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaptism of Fire: USS \u003ci\u003eStewart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbandon Ship \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllied Defeat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Enemy Mops Up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEscape From the Java Sea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrdeal of \u003ci\u003eEdsall\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhipple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsabel\u003c\/i\u003e Runs Gauntlet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Titivate Ship\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Again-Under the Rising Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHomeward Bound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemaining Destroyers and Other Ships\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonae\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognitions, Decorations and Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShip's Company Personnel of USS \u003ci\u003eStewart\u003c\/i\u003e (DD-224) at Time of Battle of Badoeng Strait, 20 February, and Abandonment, 22 February 1942\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrief Biography of Lodwick H. Alford\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37 B\u0026amp;W photos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReview by Vic Campbell: Capt. Alford describes with vivid texture the life of a young officer aboard a four piper in the Asiatic Fleet. It surprises me, finding myself, a destroyer veteran and officer of Vietnam, experiencing my own life over again through his descriptions in a time 30 years before mine. The wardroom-the staterooms-the watches... One feels the salt air sting the eyes and the protocol stiffen the spine. It all comes back. There is so much tradition in the Navy. It lives from generation to generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42717420519487,"sku":"9781475020496","price":21.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5b66a6f8eb9486ea30461317a6528673.webp?v=1765078416","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/playing-for-time-war-on-an-asiatic-fleet-destroyer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}