My Dad served in the South Pacific as a Signalman in the Navy during WWII.
He served on a Sub Chaser, a Destroyer and a Military Tug that recovered beached Landing Craft off Okinawa during the Invasion.
He turns 92 Next Week.
You and your dad would surely enjoy “The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors”, The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour. Hornfischer is the author. Excellent book.
My father will be 95 this June. He was motor officer for an artillery battery in the 7th Army. North Africa, Sicily, Corsica, France, Germany.