Harm's Way (novel) - Characters in "Harm's Way"

Characters in "Harm's Way"

The list of characters in Harm's Way is very lengthy. The most salient characters are:

• Captain Rockwell "Rock" Torrey, USN, CO of the cruiser known only as Old Swayback -- afterwards Rear Admiral Rockwell Torrey, Commander, Advanced Tactical Zone, South Pacific (COMADTACZONSOPAC)
• Commander Paul Eddington, USN, executive officer of Old Swayback -- afterwards Captain Paul Eddington, Chief of Staff, COMADTACZONSOPAC
• Captain Egan Powell, USNR, Flag Secretary, COMADTACZONSOPAC
• Lieutenant, junior grade William "Mac" McConnell, USN, assigned to destroyer USS Cassiday -- afterwards Lieutenant William McConnell, Flag Lieutenant, COMADTACZONSOPAC

• Vice Admiral "Blackjack" Broderick, USN, Commander, Southwest Pacific Area Three
• Commander Neal Owynn, USNR (formerly of the US Senate), Broderick's chief aide (and, briefly, liaison to COMADTACZONSOPAC)

• Ensign, afterwards Lieutenant, junior grade Jeremiah Farr Torrey, USNR ("Rock" Torrey's son from his previous marriage), assigned as Executive Officer aboard a PT boat eventually attached to ADTACZONSOPAC
• Lieutenant Maggie Haynes, NC, USNR, a nurse
• Ensign Annalee Dohrn, NC, USNR, another nurse

• Beverly McConnell, Mac McConnell's wife
• Beth Eddington, Paul Eddington's wife
• Admiral Husband Kimmel, USN, Commander-in-chief Pacific (CinCPAC) at the outbreak of World War II; not named directly in the novel.
• Admiral Chester Nimitz, USN, Commander-in-chief Pacific (CinCPAC) for the rest of the war; not named directly in the novel.