BOOK ADMIRAL ARLEIGH (31-KNOT) BURKE (BOX44)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 ADMIRAL ARLEIGH (31-KNOT) BURKE: THE STORY OF A FIGHTING SAILOR

AUTHORS: KEN JONES AND HUBERT KELLEY, JR.

ISBN  0-553-23984-3

COPYRIGHT 1962 BY KEN JONES AND HUBERT KELLEY, JR. 

COVER ARTWORK  COPYRIGHT 1985 BY JOHN THOMPSON

A BANTAM BOOK/PUBLISHED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CHILTON BOOK COMPANY

*******NOVEMBER 2, 1943:  THE BATTLE OF EMPRESS AUGUSTA BAY                                  IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE BURKE FIGURED THE FLAGSHIP SPENCE FOR A JAPANESE DD.  HE OPENED UP WITH ALL HE HAD.  WITHIN SIXTY SECONDS, A DOZEN OR MORE FIVE-INCH SHELLS SLAMMED INTO THE SEA CLOSE ABOARD SPENCE.  THE FLAGSHIP SIGNALED BURKE:  "WE'VE JUST HAD A BAD CLOSE MISS.  HOPE YOU'RE NOT SHOOTING AT US!"    "ARE YOU HIT?"  ASKED BURKE ANXIOUSLY.                                                                           "NEGATIVE," REPLIED THE SPENSE.                                                                                        "WELL," SAID BURKE, "YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE THE NEXT FOUR SALVOS. THEY'RE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY!"