Knowing My Father

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Knowing My Father: The Collision of the </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>O. B. Jennings</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> War Knight relates Joe's methodical search to know more about his long-lost father. In that search Joe discovers the tragic story of the fiery collision of the US tanker </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>O. B. Jennings</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and the British merchant ship </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>War Knight</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> during World War I as their convoy evaded German U-boats in the English Channel. A US Navy armed guard defending the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>O. B. Jennings</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> gunner's mate Michael Tedeschi was heroically rescued by the British Royal Navy escorts from the burning sea. Joe satisfies his search to know his father better and at the same time reveals and exposes one of the unfortunate naval disasters that occurs in times of war. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Knowing My Father</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> serves as a companion to Joe Tedeschi's memoir</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> A Rock in the Clouds</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>.</span></p>