Sea Stories

The Book Is About . . . Well The Title And Sub-Title Really Say It All. The Author Served On A Battleship A Destroyer Escort And An Aircraft Carrier But Mostly Overseas (Italy England Ethiopia Vietnam) And Finished Up In Dallas Texas And Charleston South Carolina. While On The Ships He Experienced Various Liberty Ports In Western Europe And The Far East Plus Cuba And Brazil.The Book Stretches From The Days When Nearly Every Literate Sailor Was Reading The Caine Mutiny Through The Time When Robert S. Mcnamara Was Fervently Cursed To The Years Of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt'S Changes Their Subsequent Rollback And The Accompanying Post-Vietnam Erosion Of Benefits.The Author Enjoyed Himself In A Seamanlike Manner And Uses Seamanlike Terminology In Reporting On Same. He Describes His Near-Brushes With The Military Justice System Which Somehow Never Quite Caught Up With Him. Those Who Served One Or Two Enlistments During The Time Period Covered Should Identify With The Book. Among Lifers Some Will Like It; Some Will Hate It. It Should Not Be Read By Admirals Or Chaplains.