Because Our Fathers Lied: Death and Deception Afloat and Ashore

by J.F. Leahy

Truth is the first casualty of war. Tom Carpentier knew this well. A WW-II destroyer commander, he had spent years as skipper of merchant vessels carrying war materials to Vietnam. But when his daughter, a Navy nurse, died under mysterious circumstances in Danang in December 1966, his attempt to learn what had happened was stonewalled at every turn. Becky Franks knew this too. Her father, George, was torpedoed aboard USS Reuben James (DD-245) on October...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692424210
• ISBN13: 9780692424216
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Naval Writers Group
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"