A typed memoir written by Beloit, Wis. native James B. (Buck) Buchanan about his military service as an Aviation Chief Radioman (and gunner) in the U.S. Navy during World War II, including his eyewitness account of the attack on Pearl Harbor and the destruction of the Arizona, and later from his post aboard the carrier Intrepid, of the sinking of the battleship Yamato. Throughout the memoir are flashbacks describing events from his youth. The manuscript generally gives an account of a naval airman's life in the Pacific Theater, and in particular, details the battles in which Buchanan was a direct participant or was a radioman relaying dispatches. The memoir is illustrated with photocopies of several photographs and includes a copy of Buchanan's separation record summarizing his service record.
