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Ford Island barracks, 2300 Hours, Sunday, 7 December 1941:...in a state of delirium, cold and clammy from shock, I mumble into my pillow: "I'll get a Jap battlewagon if it's the last thing..."

Midway Battle, June 5, 1942: The big one, Admiral Yamamoto's flagship...world's largest, most fearsome dreadnaught...the mighty Yamato, gets away unscathed. That's IT! Now IT has a name...IT replaces my imagined, nameless, hulk...the battleship I swore to get."

CASU 24, Wildwood, NJ, September 1944: I hook up with the Navy's finest dive bomber pilot, Lt. Hugh Grubiss, as a CAC in the SB2C Hell-Diver.

Sunday, 7 April 1945: Lt. Grubiss pushes over into our dive on the zig-zagging Yamato. I yell, "Squirm, you _ _ _, that's more than the Arizona could do." Seconds later..." ... Read more

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Customer Reviews (3)

Excellent
I picked this up completely on a whim after hearing someone mention it online. It is absolutely an amazing work. To really get a feel for how far this country has come in 50 short years, and to really understand how far we have left to go, you need to read this.

As a white male, I've always been offended by the term 'white privilege', because it implies that I somehow didn't work for what I have. But having read this, I can finally appreciate it. My 'white privilege' has nothing to do with me not working hard and not deserving the things that I have accomplished. I have worked hard, and I do deserve those things.

But these are things that blacks never had the opportunity to do. No matter how smart they were, no matter how well dressed, or well spoken, no matter how *white* they tried to appear to blend in, they would never be given the opportunity to prove themselves on their own merits. Their opportunities were taken away before they ever had a chance to even attempt to do grab them.

And while I can definitely appreciate how far we have come in a relatively short time, I am now able to see with a fresh new perspective the things that are still wrong with our thinking today.

A Must Read for All
Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin should be required reading for America.It challenges and troubles the reader.Mr. Griffin's bravery in embarking upon such a strange quest is most appreciated yet puzzling.The information he gleaned about the deeper aspects of African-American life in racially-divided America is on target.Instead of glossing over the realities of the plight of a brown-skinned person in America, he confronted it head on.I wonder if I will ever see an America that could read and discuss such a book with a deep desire to understand another person's world?
Barbara Peters, Author (Adulterous Heart ISBN:978=1442188105)

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I bought this hard cover version of the book.The cover is helpful to remember when reading.And this version has a number of pictures in the middle that current paperbacks do NOT have that really give insight into the reality of the story. Recommended. ... Read more