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Not the “Greatest Of All Time,” but a “Must See” for all fans of WWII Navy movies, is “Away All Boats” (1956).

The story is about the USS 'Belinda', Attack Transport PA22, a Pacific amphib (ship that takes Marines to the beaches), 1943-1945. The star is Jeff Chandler, who plays Captain Hawks. Richard Boone has a minor role as LT Fraser. If you look hard, you’ll find Clint Eastwood as a Medic and David Janssen as a Talker.

Great photography; melodramatic at times. A couple of my favorite quotes are “Get away from my boat!” and “Children, take care of your mother.”

Re: Not the “Greatest Of All Time,” but a “Must See” for all fans of WWII Navy movies, is “Away All Boats” (1956).

Granted, a good B war film. However, you forgot to mention Rock's close personal friend, George Nader, who was the co-star of the flick.

AND don't forget the very first love of my life-- Julie Adams. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen at the age of 7 in 1954 when I saw her in a bathing suit in the Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). By the time of Away All Boats, I was a worldly old man of 9 and had discovered the difference between boys and girls. I panted every time she was on screen.

Finally I figured she was too old for me. Naw, that's not true, I fell for Annette Funicello as she was more may age in 1956.

BTW, saw Julia on "Murder, She Wrote" in the early 1990s and discovered she was still a babe. However, she would now say I was too old for her!

And yes, gall-dung-it! Annette would say the same thing if you asked her today...