My time serving on the USS Rich was short but could not have been with a better crew than we had on the Rich. Reading the book brought back many memories from our time on and off the gun line. Howard (Bill): Finally a book about our experience in Vietnam.He captured all of the excitement, dread, weariness, and terror of those days of gunfire support and raids. John W: Took me 3 sessions but great read! I was there on USS Shelton at same time as George.The ship was deployed just four months before entering Hong Kong, where the ship made a surprising deal with Hong Kong Mary Soo to paint the ship! An important memoir about what it was like to be part of naval gun lines off North Vietnam, and to later be a Naval recruiter in Chicago when it was dangerous to be seen in uniform. The title comes from a poignant tradition marking the end of war. You learn what it’s like to endure day after day of combat, and the team spirit and comradeship afterwards of the battle tested, and an unfortunate bar brawl on Christmas. You find out the unusual reason a ship would maneuver INTO a rain squall, why sailors voted for Nixon, what it was like to be underway on the open ocean during a typhoon. He takes you through training and fascinating navigation details. George Trowbridge grew up on an Iowa farm and, although married and with a child, enlisted in the Navy rather than be drafted. Joy K: Even though my husband is an AF Vietnam veteran and a cousin’s husband is a Navy Vietnam veteran, you never think or read about the naval war against North Vietnam.
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