Appointment in Normandy

This book picks up where "The Last Liberty" left off-the planning of the trip to the 50th Aniv. of D-Day in Europe. The book is huge, and covers everything from the very first idea to go right up to the return home. Most of it deals with the state of mind of the crew but there is also a lot of interesting info about the ship and ports they stopped at in England and France. I was surprised by the complexity of the trip with regard to longistics and planning. The European visitor's comments recorded by the author are very moving and emotional. Before I read this book I thought the British and French had forgotten WW2 but this is not true. Most of the photos are good, but I would have liked more.