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Loading... Scurvy dogs, green water and gunsmoke. Vol. 1by Robert B. Cohen (Editor), Terry L. Miller (Editor)
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Fifteen members of the Secret Scurvy Dog Society relate their own accounts, many humorous and some pointedly not, of life at sea on U.S. Navy destroyers during the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.Beginning with the question - Why the Navy? - and ending with reflections on how their experiences during hard lives at sea came to be considered cherished memories, these men, both officers and enlisted, tell the quintessential Sea Stories of the latter half of the 20th century. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)359.3Social sciences Public administration & military science Naval forces and warfare Organization of military forcesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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