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Don't Go Near the Water
Don't Go Near the Water | William Brinkley
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Follows the adventures of a group of young naval officers in a public relations unit stranded on a remote Pacific island in the waning days of World War II.
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Don't Go Near the Water | William Brinkley
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The bestselling book of 1956 is a collection of humorous stories about the Navy's public relations service, set on a Pacific island. It is of its time, which means awkwardness about race and gender roles. But its jokes about officers versus enlisted men, and the self importance of marketers, are still funny. And the story of an officer romancing a local girl by buying her books and building a school? You gotta respect those moves.

Booklover57 Sounds like a good one, I‘ll have to read it. 4y
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