Description
Motivated by the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, champion swimmer Lee "Stump" Kelley is hell bent on becoming a Marine. Waylaid by a silver-tongued Navy recruiter he becomes a frogman instead. After blowing up under water obstructions all over the Pacific, at Tacloban he loses the first of his best friends in a gruesome explosion. A month later he loses the second in a freak encounter with a giant hammerhead shark at Manila Bay. Moving on to Okinawa with what's left of his frogman team, he suffers serious burns during the largest kamikaze attack of the war. At Guam a three star admiral asks his opinion on a prospective landing site for the invasion of Japan. As always, Stump tells it like it is. "Admiral... trying to march into Tokyo will cost a million American lives. And one of those lives is gonna be mine."
Product Details
| Publisher | Koehler Books |
| Publish Date | April 01, 2015 |
| Pages | 250 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781940192970 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.6 inches | 0.9 pounds |
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Reviews
"In STUMP! Larry Allen Lindsey beautifully recounts the late Lee Kelley's powerful World War II stories. STUMP! is a moving tribute to our `greatest generation.'" -Former US Senator Bill Bradley "STUMP!" captures the real life experiences of a true American World War II hero-Lee Kelley, Navy frogman. If you like Navy Special Warfare action STUMP! will keep you on the edge of your seat." -Jeffrey B. Crane, Commander, USN (Ret) "A record of the personal memories of World War II veterans like "Stump" Kelley preserves for us their understanding of that cataclysmic era." -Mary Doria Russell, award-winning author of A Thread of Grace.
"Lindsey pens a riveting and emotive tale of a teenage boy who joins the Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and becomes a Navy underwater demolitions diver, clearing the water of hazards before amphibious assaults. It's a rare opportunity to observe the genesis of today's Naval Special Warfare." - Ron McManus - Award winning author of Libido's Twist and The Drone Enigma
"A remarkable job! Lindsey's terrific writing provides incredibly distinct visuals. Lee "Stump" Kelley was definitely an amazing guy." - Jim Curry, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC (Ret)
"Lindsey's command of the insights, military language, and history of the war was extremely impressive. I started the book and finished it in the same day-couldn't put it down. I couldn't wait to get to the next chapter, and the next, and the next. Congratulations on a masterful book. I expected much and got more than expected-much more. Thank you for letting me be exposed to things I didn't know, but thought I did." - Terry Watto, Commander, USN (Ret)
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