EPITOME OF HUMAN SACRIFICE: USS HODGES DE 231

Author: Don Rumfelt

Publisher: Private Publication

Year published: 1984

Pagination: Large format.209pp. maps, photographs.

Condition: Good in worn d/w

Signed by the author with copies of letters written by. among others, President Ronald Reagan, Admiral Watkins, Admiral Kane and James T. Broyhill. Rumfelt served aboard the USS Hodges from october 1943 until November 1945, during which time he kept a diary of the experiences.

Extensively illustrated with personal and official photographs, the book covers the Hodges's service in the Pacific theater. Actions at Leyte Gulf and a Kamikaze attack are just some of the events recounted.