{"product_id":"uss-hoquiam-pf-5-mark-douglas-9781426964374","title":"USS Hoquiam Pf-5: Hocky Maru","description":"Lee Harrison Stewart, seaman apprentice and seaman, USN-EV, served on the USS \u003ci\u003eHoquiam\u003c\/i\u003e (PF-5) as a radioman during the first two years of the Korean \"Conflict\" (later labeled a \"war.\") In this third book in his series on the USS \u003ci\u003eHoquiam\u003c\/i\u003e PF-5, he brings the experiences of young sailor in the 1950s to life. The \u003ci\u003eHoquiam, \u003c\/i\u003e after being recommissioned in Yokosuka, Japan, sailed in harm's way off the east coast of North Korea. It participated in all the east coast landings and the Hungnam evacuation. This story begins where \u003ci\u003eRoad to Hungnam\u003c\/i\u003e ended-back in Yokosuka on New Year's Eve, 1950, for a few weeks of pier-side overhaul, as the crew winds down from Hungnam. There is hard work preparing the ship for a new assignment to Task Force Ninety-Five off Wonsan, North Korea. Still, there's time for romance and hijinks on liberty in Yokosuka and later in Sasebo, Japan. The \u003ci\u003eHoquiam's\u003c\/i\u003e crew sees a full range of work in the next assignment period-including work they detest with the Service Force, firing remote-controlled target aircraft for other ships to shoot at, days spent on submarine patrol (when they doubled as targets for the North Korean or Chinese gunners in Wonsan caves), convoy escort duty, and the best assignment of all-shooting at the potbellied narrow-gauge trains coming down from Mongolia. Eventually, the crew of the \u003ci\u003eHoquiam\u003c\/i\u003e again sails for Yokosuka and prepares for yet another trip to the Korean bomb line.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1426964374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426964374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Mark Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458219454719,"sku":"9781426964374","price":17.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_65f25598-20ee-4568-b564-37277eec5a8b.jpg?v=1777403068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/uss-hoquiam-pf-5-mark-douglas-9781426964374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}