"Our family lived on the move, rooted not in a location, but in a culture of the Navy. I learned from my mother not to take the constant disruptions in stride, but to welcome them as elements of an interesting life" (Preface, Faith of My Fathers, pg. viii.)

"For Halsey, the memory of my grandfather's friendship conjured up all the trials and awful strain of combat, the losses they had endured, and the triumph they had celebrated together as leading figures in a great war that changed the world forever" (Chapter 3, Faith of My Fathers, pg. 45.)

"A black car passing our house slowed down and the driver, a naval officer, rolled down his window and shouted, 'Jack, the Japs have bombed Pearl Harbor.' My father left for the base immediately. I saw very little of him for the next four years" (Chapter 7, Faith of My Fathers, pg...