RADIOMAN
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT
OF PEARL HARBOR AND
WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC
BY CAROL EDGEMON HIPPERSON

"Radioman" is the biography of Ray Daves, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy and an eyewitness to World War II. It is based on the author's handwritten notes from a series of interviews that began on the 82nd birthday of the combat veteran and gives a first-person account of the world's first battles between aircraft carriers.

Ray Daves grew up on a small farm near Little Rock, Arkansas. Impatient with school and the prospect of becoming a farmer like his father, he joined the CCC and went from there to the navy, where he learned to use the radio to send messages, and soon found himself in the momentary peacefulness of Pearl Harbor.

Most of America's World War II veterans were not in uniform when the war began. Daves is one of the few who was. He could also tell what was happening on the bridge of the famous carrier "Yorktown" before it went down and of the secretive relationship between the Russian and American forces in Alaska at the time.

Carol Edgemon Hipperson's discovery of this one man's inspiring story is shared with great skill and energy. A must-read for those looking for a personal, intimate account of the events of this tumultuous time in American history.

"Radioman is the best written biography of a World War II career I've ever read."

Mal Middlesworth, National President, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc.

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This page first produced 18 April 2009

This page last updated 25 February 2020