Fighting Amphibs: The Lcs in World War II [Paperback]

Donald L. Ball (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Mill Neck Pub (October 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965905500
• ISBN-13: 978-0965905503
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,598,339 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ship that roared, July 15, 2000

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john rizzi (Weston CT.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fighting Amphibs: The Lcs in World War II (Paperback)

My father was a wwII veteran and my uncle was a Korean war casualty and I am a father. I recently bought the book Fighting Amphibs at the Mystic Seaport Maritime bookstore. when I started to read it i could not put it down. It is an extremely well researched account of an important strategic ship in wwII. The book is written by someone who exhaustedly researched it as well as lived it. The joy of fatherhood has led me to a profound appreciation for the men and women of all wars. This book accounts a sliver of life, courage, and teamwork in the days and historic battles of wwII. The lcs ships were unsung pieces of a very precarious puzzle. As I read the book with its graphic detail I could not help to compare it to the book THE PERFECT STORM with the lcs braving storms typhoons the difference the men written about in FIGHTING AMPHIBS had bombs torpedoes and nothing to live for but freedom. The contents of this book changed my life and all American's lives. I thank the author Donald Ball for the courage to go to war some fifty years ago and for having the courage to write this book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ship that roared, July 15, 2000

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john j.rizzi (weston ct.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fighting Amphibs: The Lcs in World War II (Paperback)

As the son of a wwII navy vereran, nephew of a Korean war casualty and father, the sacrifices of the men and women of war becomes incerasingly important to me. The freedoms that we Americans now enjoy did not come without a price. I picked up the Book "Fighting Amphibs" at the Mystic Naval bookstore. The book is an extremely well researched and documented history of the Lcs class ships penned by a veteran who lived and experienced the war as a member of this small but significant ship. The personalization of the book drew me into the book, I could not put it down and have purchesed other copies for friends. The difference between THE PERFECT STORM and FIGHTING ANPHIBS is that in the perfect storm no one was shooting at them while braving muliple storms. To the author Mr. Ball and all the other unsung hero's and freedom fighters thank you and thank you for this invaluable record, perspective of the cost of freedom.