ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. A sailor spends a quiet moment alone

  2. The majority of DE sailors were teenagers

  3. Pharmacist’s Mate Harold S. Deal

  4. The USS Liddle’s captain, R. M. Hinckley Jr.

  5. Sailors on board the USS Liddle

  6. Hedgehogs explode off the bow

  7. DE sailors had plenty of chores to do

  8. Sometimes at sea for months at a time

  9. Of the 563 DEs built in World War II

10. After sinking a U-boat, most DE skippers

11. Loneliness and homesickness were common

12. Transferring men between ships

13. Sailors on board DEs in the North Atlantic

14. DEs were outfitted with wood-hulled

15. Sailors on board DEs were up before 6:00 AM

16. Many ships had mascots on board

17. To cut down on boredom at sea

18. USS Liddle signalman Joseph A. Paradis

19. Sailors also used signal flags

20. Refueling on the North Atlantic

21. Refueling on the North Atlantic

22. Escorting large numbers of ships

23. Unlike larger ships, most DEs

24. In the Pacific theater DEs

25. Gunner’s mates ready the 40-mm gun

26. Lt. Harold Poulson on board the USS Slater