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Acknowledgments I owe a sincere debt of gratitude to the following people without whom this translation of my grandfather’s book would never have been published. To my parents, Hugh and Eleonore “Lorli” Campbell, for their unwavering encouragement and assistance. To my aunts Agathe and Maria von Trapp, and to Mary Louise Kane, for their sharp eyes and ears, their impressive perseverance , and their good humor; may I be blessed with those qualities when I am in my nineties. To Karl Dillmann, for naval terms and historical accuracy. To Bill Anderson, for endless, positive suggestions. To Polly Chatfield, the best godmother ever. To my sisters Jeanie Lero and Peggy Freeman, and to dear friends Barbara Post, Pia Centenari-Leonard, Betsey Mayhew, Jackie Willey, Cynthia Meisner, and Susan Polk, I treasure you all. Finally, to my children, Nathaniel and Molly, during whose lives this book has been an ongoing project, for not minding burned and late dinners and my using the computer when they needed it, too. You make my heart soar and life worth living. I will always love you deeply. For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and in trust shall be your strength. isaiah 30:15 ...

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