Frogman!

Captain Bentley

by J.E. Macdonnell

A destroyer crewman volunteers for a new RAN program to train combat frogmen, and along the way learns that the most important thing is someones character, not the color of their skin. But will the bonds thus created survive the heat of his first mission, a commando raid on a Japanese radar installation.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

During his fourteen years in the R.A.N., Queensland born James (Jim) Edmond MacDonnell (aka James McNell, James Dark, James Edmond Macdonnell, James Macdonnell, J.E.M., Jim Macdonnell, J. Macdonnell, Macnell, Kerry Mitchell, Michael Owen.) came up through all lowerdeck ranks to commissioned gunnery-officer. This experience is evident in his sea novels which have been published in many countries overseas, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.