TEMPEST, FIRE AND FOE: Destroyer Escorts in World War II and The Men Who
Manned Them by Lewis M. Andrews, Jr. (Narwhal Press, Inc., 1999) Fabulous
writing, editing and many first person accounts. Heavily illustrated,
appendices and indexed, 463 pages, 8.5" by 11" {ISBN: 1-886391-31-9
(paperback, 29.95) ISBN: 1-886391-30-0 (first edition, hardcover bound to
library standards, $49.95)}
Rave reviews in military publications and lots of letters praising the book:
Like it was yesterday. My shipmates, the gun explosions, going overboard,
Japanese subs. Amazing! — John “Bo” Keally, USS Johnnie Hutchins DE 360
Scholarly. Totally absorbing. Definitive account of destroyer escorts in
World War II. — Sheldon H. Kinney, CO Edsall 1943, CO Bronstein 1944,
COMCRUDESPAC ‘71 & ‘72
In the flood of books about navy action in WWII, Tempest, Fire & Foe stands
out for many reasons: superbly illustrated with authentic pictures of DE
combat and its aftermath, giving this informative, comprehensive and readable
text an immediacy that is starkly realistic. Surely an important contribution
to naval history. — RADM Ralph G. Coburn, USNR (RET)
This book is about many of my personal heroes, the destroyer escort
commanding officers, the men they led, and the small but mighty warships they
sailed to victory. — RADM Stephen K. Chadwick, USN (RET)
Accolades to Andrews for his accurate and in depth account of the heroics of
officers and men that manned the destroyer escorts in World War II. — James
“Moe” McGarity, Seaman 1st Class, Horace A. Bass
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