More or Less at Sea: A Pacific Memoir

What happens when you show up for the war, and it's already over? Al Jensen's colorful reminiscence of his adventures as an army lieutenant in the Western Pacific, trained for an invasion that never happened, offer an interesting and amusing look at the often chaotic unwinding of a major war. Arriving in the Phillipines immediately after Japan's capitulation in World War II, Jensen spent a year assigned to various unusual jobs while waiting for his turn to go home. An officer in the infantry, he spent most of his time as an air courier and on merchant ships used for resettlement of troops and refugees. And although the shooting war was supposed to be over, he does find a use for his Army .45 automatic that saves his life. You'll enjoy one man's story of his year of unexpected living more or less at sea.