Combat Loaded: Across the Pacific on the USS Tate By Thomas E. Crew Author Thomas E. Crew interviewed over fifty veterans of Tate, including all her surviving officers. Crew weaves a rich tapestry of voices, combining it with extensive analysis of Tate's daily action reports and ship's logs, accented by lively letters of the period from private collections-including previously unpublished accounts of the last days of famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Crew also presents a rare unit-level perspective of joint operations involving the infantry fighting ashore and the navy transports that sustained them with vital combat cargo. The resulting richly illustrated work presents perhaps the most comprehensive account to date of the experiences and courageous contributions of those who served on amphibious transports during World War II.
232 pages.
