My Small Part in WWII or How I Discovered St. Tropez Before Brigitte Bardot

In what may be our last personal account of WWII, 91 year old veteran William D. Rouse has just released his memoir, My Small Part in WWII or How I Discovered St. Tropez Before Brigitte Bardot. Rouse's witty and sometimes darkly perceptive series of snapshots of the life of a sailor on a hospital ship, the U.S. Refuge, both offshore and on, brings an era to life through its dangers, its music, and its people. A vibrant addition to the social history of the period, My Small Part in WWII is both an entertaining, and an enlightening, read.