Captain Robert Bulkley Usnr (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Many (illustrator). 1st Edition. On offer here: "At Close Quarters- PT Boats in the United States Navy" by Captain Robert J. Bulkley, Jr. USNR (retired). This book includes a Foreword by President John F. Kennedy and an Introduction by Rear Admiral Ernest McNeill Eller, USN retired, Director of Naval History. The book is very well illustrated throughout. Condition: THis book is in very good condition. The hard covers are clean and bright with minimal bumping. Inside, the book is clean and bright and unmarked without toning or foxing. Both hinges are intact and the binding is tight and sound. This book is not ex-library or a remainder.

Condition: Good. Hardcover without dust jacket. Blue cloth cover with gold design to front cover and lettering and design to spine. Mild bumping noted to few corners with some scratching noted to covers. Pages yellowing with age but very readable and clean. Forward by John F. Kennedy. This book tells how PT boats carried out necessary duties as their crews, mostly "citizen sailors," rose to the desperate challenge to freedom in the highest traditions of patriotism, skill and courage that have served America well at sea from her earliest struggles. It is hoped that readers will find in this book fuller appreciation of this stirring tradition of sacrifice and service without which our nation cannot endure as the leader of the hopes of men.