This collection consists of one memoir entitled Sooner that documents life aboard the USS Mustin (DD413) during its service in the Pacific Theater in the Second World War. It is written from the point of view of the Mustin's dog, Sooner (so named because he would sooner sleep than eat), who the Mustin's crew shanghaied from New Guinea. Along with the rest of the Mustin's crew, Sooner witnessed the invasions of Leyte (October 1944), Luzon (January 1945), and Okinawa (April -- June 1945), observed the actions of Japanese kamikazes, and listened to Tokyo Rose. Sooner also involved himself in life aboard ship, including such activities as the Mustin's newspaper, the Bum Wad, and her softball team, the Chow Hounds.