Fernald, John "Destroyer from America"

“The captain knew they were in for trouble the minute his old destroyer was ordered to convoy the ill-starred SARATOGA” according to The Saturday Evening Post tag line for this short story of World War 2 North Atlantic convoy service. A much longer version (see next entry) of Fernald’s work was published in book format in late June / early July 1942 in both the United States and Great Britain. Fernald was a lieutenant of the Royal Naval Volunteers Reserve at the time that he wrote his story.