Tin Can Man

by E.J. Jernigan

Book Overview

E.J. Jernigan's memoir offers readers a fascinating glimpse of life as an enlisted man aboard the USS Saufley , one of the most highly decorated destroyers of World War II. It is a rarely told story... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0918339235
• ISBN13: 9780918339232
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Vandamere Press
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The personal story of an enlisted man who served aboard the USS Saufley during the war

It was with their introduction in World War II that destroyer class ships were originally referred to by the men who manned them as 'tin cans'. "Tin Can Man" by E. J. Jernigan is the personal story of an enlisted man who served aboard the USS Saufley during the war. It provides readers with insights into what it was like to live, work, fight, and die aboard these ships. A superbly written 206-page memoir, "Tin Can Man" is especially informative and recommended reading for military history buffs in general, and academic library 20th Century Naval History reference collections in particular.