The Radio Gunner
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About This Book
The fictional story of Jim Evans who, at the age of only 6 years old, was inspired by a Memorial Day Parade and his widowed mother’s memories, to become a war hero just like his father had been. On leaving school in 1917 he joined the Navy when America entered the Great War and was assigned to destroyers. Thus began his heroic career.
Chapters (16)
- THE RADIO GUNNER
- I—A Scientist in the Making
- II—The Storm-Cloud
- III—The Mobilization
- IV—Progress in Jeopardy
- V—The Storm-Center Moves Eastward
- VI—The Hunt
- VII—The Fleet Arrives
- VIII—Dispatching the Secret Messenger
- IX—The Round-Up
- X—The Power of Suggestion
- XI—Intrigue and Mischief
- XII—The Victim
- XIII—The Show-Down
- XIV—The Battle
- XV—The Harbor at Sunset
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