The Last Watch (old Salts)

aWho in their right mind would think of firing on a WWII ship manned by a crew of aging vets?a The Last Watch (Old Salts) is an account of how twenty-eight veterans with the average age of seventy-two from WWII and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, recovered a WWII Landing Ship Tank from Greece and sailed it back across the Atlantic to Mobile, Alabama. aa]I donat think we have enough crew to repel a boarding party. We lost two crewmembers last nighta] We could use a few more pirates.a Faith, courage and determination, these are the qualities of retired Master Chief and Medic Norval Jones from WW II who sailed on an LST in the South Pacific during WWII, specifically the battle for Okinawa. This is Norvalas account of the adventure. aThe seas were an angry green/gray with froth-tipped waves 50-60 feet high. The winds whipped at over 110 mpha]a