"It was just six weeks before Pearl
Harbor"
. . .
"now a newly commissioned lieutenant, began his naval service"
. . .
"Unlike so many Hollywood heroes who never
heard a shot fired, Fairbanks spent most of his time in harms way"
Taken from the books cover
by, Raquel Jaramillo
"To All Concerned: Lt. D.E.
Fairbanks, Jr. U.S.N.R., is the special operations officer in the War
Plans Section of my staff, in which capacity he is of course informed on
all secret planning. He is in addition to his regular duties charged with
arranging for the acquisition of special material and personnel and with
the preparation of plans for the execution of special operations. It is
particularly requested that those concerned will give him every possible
assistance and appreciate that for security reasons he will not always be
able to give full explanation of the duties he is performing.
"Hollywood Hero in a very real
war. Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., had more than 60
movies behind him when he donned a navy uniform -
and became a bona fide WWII hero."
Read the history of Beach
Jumpers, from their inception in 1943
to the post Viet Nam era.
An excellent history reference for the unit(s) of Naval personnel assigned
throughout the years.
Author John Barry Dwyer needs to be commended for the research undertaken
to author this book.
A must read, must have, for Association members.
Praeger Publishing
Although out of
print, this book may be
able to be purchased online
at
Barnes and Noble or Amazon.com
