Tight, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in a DJ with modest wear, chips and tears. Owner's name, dated. BCE. This novel 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. Commissioned "without the corrupting effect of any intervening naval training," they face wartime adversities with comic ingenuity, changing the Navy's immortal motto "Don't Give Up the Ship" into "Don't Go Near the Water." Combining a colorful cast of characters with absurd situations, William Brinkley created a high-spirited tale of naval service that has appealed to generations of readers since the book was first published in 1956 and made into a popular movie the following year