The Memoir of a World War II Submariner: From Savo Island to the Silent Service
by
Captain C. Kenneth Ruiz, USN (Ret.)
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2005
A coin flip likely saved the life of Kenneth C. Ruiz. It was August 1942 and he was fresh out of the U.S. Naval Academy. He and a classmate flipped a coin to see who would stand watch on the bridge of their heavy cruiser, the USS Vincennes, off Savo Island as the Marines were landing on Guadalcanal....