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Sea Stories (2019) is the autobiography of four-star Admiral William H. McRaven. As a five-year-old, McRaven would sneak around the American Officers’ Club in Fontainebleau, France, and hide near the bar while his father sat with three other Air Force officers. Their tales of air-to-air combat, life on the front lines, and bold escapes fueled McRaven’s yearning for adventure. When he grew up, McRaven more than fulfilled that yearning. He became a Navy SEAL and was a key figure in the capture of both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden, the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from Somali pirates, and other crucial operations.

McRaven believes that what made his father’s generation so great was their ability to take the hardships they had faced and turn them into fun and memorable stories of life. It’s all about how you remember the story, and these stories are how McRaven remembers his life.