BOOK OVERVIEW

If I’m going to tell you the story of my time as Commanding Officer of USS HEPBURN (DE 1055), I’ll have to start with what came just before, what set me up for that duty. We’ll have to look at where I was and what I was doing when I received orders to HEPBURN. I think it’s valuable to hear about what came just before, let’s say “what set the stage” for the HEPBURN story. I was serving as Executive Officer of USS ENGLAND —.