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I discovered the Admiral's writings when I was in junior high school in the early 1950s. He became my boyhood hero because he "got the job done." Sometime in the late 1970s I decided to re-read and then collect all his books and, as luck would have it, I was able to meet him through a contact at Haslam's Books in St. Petersburg, FL. He even spent a night under my roof in the Washington suburbs during one of his yearly auto trips from Maine to Florida ... driving solo in a big white Caddy (if my memory is correct). Not long afterwards I was able to visit him in Florida and record about 2-1/2 hours of interview which served as research material for the SALVAGE MAN. I recently visited the invasion beaches at Normandy and am re-reading THE FAR SHORE because of its detailed explanations of what our men went through in those terrifying hours on the morning of June 6, 1944. Its great to have this website available for future Ellsberg fans!
I discovered the Admiral's writings when I was in junior high school in the early 1950s. He became my boyhood hero because he "got the job done." Sometime in the late 1970s I decided to re-read and then collect all his books and, as luck would have it, I was able to meet him through a contact at Haslam's Books in St. Petersburg, FL. He even spent a night under my roof in the Washington suburbs during one of his yearly auto trips from Maine to Florida ... driving solo in a big white Caddy (if my memory is correct). Not long afterwards I was able to visit him in Florida and record about 2-1/2 hours of interview which served as research material for the SALVAGE MAN. I recently visited the invasion beaches at Normandy and am re-reading THE FAR SHORE because of its detailed explanations of what our men went through in those terrifying hours on the morning of June 6, 1944. Its great to have this website available for future Ellsberg fans!
Added: October 12, 2011
Name: Rod Corkum
From: Halifax, Canada
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Found this site doing a bit of Googling. I read Under the Red Sea Sun while I was in high school (late 60's)and found it fascinating. I was a prolific book reader in my younger days. It is the only book from the school library that I've never forgotten the title. Few books have made that much of an impression.