The Gunner

This was the time.

This was the ultimate test.

This was what they had trained for, sweating and cursing the boiling sun; sensing, but not sure, that their drill would be used in ship-to-ship combat.

And now, with the enemy destroyers almost dead ahead, Lasenby knew with a savage, convincing pride that this gun crew of his would load and fire and keep loading and firing as long as they had ammunition.

  • Author: J. E. Macdonnell
  • Title: The Gunner
  • Series: The Naval War Series
  • First Published by: Horwitz
  • First Published Format: HC
  • First Published Date: 1959

© 2008-2024 David Hayes (Astrodene)