Background
Garnett, Griffin Taylor was born on August 15, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Griffin Taylor and Susie Lee (Crump) Garnett.
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This adventure novel takes you along on the voyage of a small amphibious ship of the U. S. Navy during World War II as it struggles from Little Creek, Virginia, to the Southwest Pacific theatre of the war. It chronicles the successes, failures, loves, and fears of the civilians turned naval officers as well as the other crew members of one little-known ship, Landing Ship Medium (LSM) 460.5. In addition, the book pays homage to the "Mustang" officers, who were the key to success in the LSM progam during the war.
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(An adventure novel dealing primarily with a small segment...)
An adventure novel dealing primarily with a small segment of amphibious forces of the U.S. Navy during World War II. The volume narrates the loves, intrigues, adventures, successes, failures, lives and deaths of certain crew members aboard a small ship in the little-known and unheralded "Landing Ship Medium (LSM) Program." The story begins at the Charleston, South Carolina Navy Yard, moves on to the Little Creek Amphibious Base at Norfolk, Virginia, and from there through the southwest Pacific theatre of war. The novel ends in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C. Though the identified ship, its nomenclature, and its crew are fictitious, the class of ship is factual.
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Taboo Avenged is the intriguing psychological thriller and second novel in a series. Greg Morgan, the protagonist of Garnett's first book, The Sandscrapers, unravels a strange and forbidding murder at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. that leads him back to the island of Bora Bora and a series of unexpected discoveries and characters. A taboo, a lost memory and its return, and unusual settings make this book a compelling read. This novel is part of a quartet tracing the uncommon wartime and post-war lives of Greg Morgan, Benjamin Feldman, Ralph Farqua, and other characters who served together in the Pacific during World War II.
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Garnett, Griffin Taylor was born on August 15, 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Griffin Taylor and Susie Lee (Crump) Garnett.
Bachelor, University Richmond, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, National University Law School, 1940.
Assistant clerk United States District Court, Washington, 1939-1941. Partner Radigan & Garnett PC, Arlington, Virginia, 1995—2002.
(An adventure novel dealing primarily with a small segment...)
(This adventure novel takes you along on the voyage of a s...)
(Taboo Avenged is the intriguing psychological thriller an...)
Past member retirement board Arlington (Virginia) Public Utilities Commission Senior lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1946, PTO. Member Virginia Bar Association, Arlington Bar Association (president 1960), United States Landing Ships Medium Association (life), Washington Golf and Country Club (president 1971).
Married Harriet Waddy Brooke, September 21, 1938. Children: Griffin Taylor III, Thomas Brooke.