In early November, an international diving expedition set out from Indonesia into the Sea of Java to find the wrecks of several Dutch warships that sank during World War II.

There, at the center of World War II, these six ships - along with those of other Allied Forces, including Americans - engaged in a long and grueling battle with a Japanese fleet.

This is the story of my father, who wrote this for his grand children, so they would know what he went through in WW2. The island of Indonesia is the most important and most densely populated ...