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Harm's Way (novel)
war novel by James Bassett
Harm's Way is a war novel by James Bassett. Set in the Pacific theater during World War II, it follows the exploits of Captain Rockwell "Rock" Torrey as he plans and carries out naval operations against the Japanese.
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The book was adapted into the film In Harm's Way, which was produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starred John Wayne and Kirk Douglas.
Plot summary
A regular United States Navy officer in the Pacific theater is assigned to command an operation to seize a group of strategic islands from the Japanese.
The novel opens with the attack on Pearl Harbor which catches the US Navy unaware. Captain Rockwell Torrey is in command of a heavy cruiser known only as Old Swayback (an obvious reference to the USS&#;Salt Lake City&#;(CA)), which is off the Hawaiian coast near Pearl Harbor, running another set of exercises in a long string of them.
Lieutenant (junior grade) William "Mac" McConnell is assigned as Of