Description
This is a chronicle of one simple man s experience in a world turned upside down. It is a story of faith and belief in a guardian angel, told in the pure and innocent voice of a 20-year-old caught in the midst of a crazy war on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Some 62 years later, he felt compelled to tell this story, which culminates with his description of an otherworldly experience he had off the shores of Japan in 1945. Yet it is more than a simple memoir. It is a window into the past. Growing up in Texas during the rough days of the Great Depression, Harry Deal went to sea after having seen the ocean only once before his enlistment. Assigned to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he chose a more dangerous assignment on an oil tanker because his friends were on board. He faced the dangers and shared the camaraderie of war in the Pacific and experienced a surreal encounter that influences his life even today. Harry tells his story like he saw it: keenly, simply, and with a wry, understated Texan sense of humor. Venus Rising takes us in a very genuine and authentic way into the hearts and minds of those who lived with honor and courage and offered up years of their lives for a purpose beyond themselves. Venus Rising is both an adventure and a war story. It is a journey into a different time in a very different world. It is a journey well worth taking...and remembering.
