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Lucky Sweetbrier 
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Lucky Sweetbrier
By Tanney Edward Oberg
Foreword by William McCloskey
From its peaceful homeport in Eureka, California, Sweetbrier was thrust into the world of deadly kamikaze raids, tremendous typhoons, and into the last battle of World War II—the invasion of Okinawa.
Lucky Sweetbrier offers a surprisingly detailed look into life aboard a Coast Guard Cutter. Author Tanney Edward Oberg provides the history from the perspective of an enlisted man, complete with down-and-dirty-recollections, war diaries, and deck logs. Its significance will ring true to all readers who remember their scary introduction to war—the monstrous noise, a first, real, nighttime skirmish, and brilliants explosions accompanied by the bang of main batteries and anti-aircraft guns. Experience the liberty hijinks of young sailors searching for fun and excitement, only to be surprised by the hard lessons of life.
In addition to highlighting the U.S. Coast Guard's seldom-recognized World War II contributions, Oberg's Lucky Sweetbrier will trigger long-forgotten wartime camaraderie and memories.
Published: 2005
Pages: 192
Type: Paperback
Size: 8.9 x 5.9
Excerpt from the book:
"The night before, a Japanese seaplane under cover of darkness, landed on the other side of the harbor—unnoticed. In the early morning, he took off and dove at a liberty ship, a short distance off Sweetbrier's port bow. The area wasn't even alerted—not a single shot was fired. He just came over the top of the mountain, picked out the liberty ship and dove right into it. Men were killed and damage was done. Our lookouts saw it all; it was a single float seaplane.
Radio Tokyo summarizing multiple raids on this date, claimed that they had sunk: one battleship, two cruisers, and two transports in this harbor—it didn't happen. Thus ended a busy month of almost daily air raids. Frequently there were multiple raids each day and night interrupting our scheduled navigational work. During this month of May 1945 there were 68 GQs representing 73 hours and 43 minutes at battle stations."
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