Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Lott, Arnold S.

Brave ship, brave men / [by] Arnold S. Lott. - Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1964 - 272 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

The US Navy destroyer minelayer USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) was the third ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward.

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Additional remarks : Salvage and repair ; Report to next of kin ; "Stateside!" ; Victory and decommissioning ; A last tribute.

Story of life aboard USS Aaron Ward, doing picket duty near Okinawa, and of a devastating attack by Japanese suicide planes, May 3, 1945.

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Aaron Ward (Destroyer, 3rd of the name)


World War--Naval operations, American.--1939-1945

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