{"id":1512,"date":"2015-07-01T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T19:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=1512"},"modified":"2015-07-01T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T19:47:32","slug":"book-review-battleship-sailor-by-theodore-c-mason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=1512","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Battleship Sailor by Theodore C. Mason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just finished reading this title. A fantastic look at enlisted life in the Pre-WWII U.S. Navy:<br \/>\n<a style=\"float: left; padding-right: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1689963.Battleship_Sailor\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1357701928m\/1689963.jpg\" alt=\"Battleship Sailor\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1689963.Battleship_Sailor\">Battleship Sailor<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/215180.Theodore_C_Mason\">Theodore C. Mason<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My rating: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1317547608\">5 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mason has done a fantastic job of describing the life of an enlisted man on a battleship on the eve of WWII. His description of arriving at the training command in San Diego in 1940 was almost exactly the same as mine in 1988: the same late night arrival, not knowing what&#8217;s going on, finding an open bunk in a strange barracks in the dark, and the following days of figuring out where one belongs in a totally foreign new world.<\/p>\n<p>His descriptions of time in the fleet also show how little the Navy changed in a half-century, with the <!--more-->boredom of watches, the cliques that form among the men of the same ratings, and the grim predictability of life on a man of war.<\/p>\n<p>The section on Pearl Harbor is actually a minor part of the book, taking up very little of the word count. What is there, though, is well worth reading. His eyewitness account of the battle from the battle-top of USS California provide a unique and focused view of the events, and the rumors that came afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Very well written, witty and concise, this is one of the best history books, written by someone who was actually present, that I&#8217;ve ever read. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/22289291-devin-poore\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just finished reading this title. A fantastic look at enlisted life in the Pre-WWII U.S. Navy: Battleship Sailor by Theodore C. Mason My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mason has done a fantastic job of describing the life of an enlisted man on a battleship on the eve of WWII. 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