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Christopher Lanner, an Iowa Farmer’s son, a self-taught pilot at sixteen, a US Naval Fighter pilot, Engineering Officer, Captain and Master of the USS Hallis, a Gleaves class destroyer, a lightweight in naval ship inventories. Under the command of Captain Lanner, it becomes a heavy cruiser, flown like a fighter plane.Chris Lanner, for all his support, education, capability, and admiration of his superiors, must still take an unarmored destroyer into harm’s way. When he engages the enemy, the Imperial Japanese Navy, they face death. One wrong step, one piece of bad luck, or the unexpected mine or weapon, and The Hallis, Captain Lanner, and the valiant crew are on their way to Davy Jones Locker. Sons, brothers, nephews, fathers, and fathers-to-be, gone in a few horrible minutes.