Excerpts
The Making of a Marine
A New Mistress
Heavy Seas
"What do you mean, Old?"
Spindrift
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About the authors...
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Spindrift is a collection of true seagoing anecdotes about the experiences
of three brothers, each of whom served aboard U.S. Navy ships during his service. One
of the authors was a Torpedoman Second Class on U.S.S. Barbero, a guided missile diesel
submarine in the late 50s. The second author served as a seagoing Marine
Corporal aboard the aircraft carrier, U.S.S. Wasp also during the late 50s. The third
author, a career Naval Aviator, served aboard a number of aircraft carriers over a 33 year career
ultimately retiring as a Rear Admiral. The three authors present to the reader three
different perspectives and three different writing styles about different periods in
the history of the U.S. Navy. The perspectives are the submarine service, the seagoing Marine Corps
aspects of life aboard an anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier and the attack carrier
Navy.
The book is divided into four parts; the first deals with life aboard diesel submarines
in the 50s as well as nuclear powered submarine operations in the 70s. The torpedoman,
Dan and his aviator brother, Paul provide the anecdotes in this part. Part II deals surface
ships operations over a thirty year period (1952-1982) and is written
exclusively by brother Paul, the aviator. Part III deals with aspects of aircraft carrier
operations over the same thirty year period and is written by the Marine, Bob and his aviator
brother, Paul. Part IV deals with women in Naval Aviation and the anecdotes contained
therein come from the experiences of the aviator.
The subject matter of the anecdotes
throughout the book ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous...interspersing humor with
adventure, and excitement with introspection. The underlying theme of the stories stresses
the notion that the sea services seem to contain more then their share of genuine,
all-American characters.
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