The Summer was hot and boring and when you're a bunch of brownwater navy scrubs, you don't get many opportunities for treats, but somehow, we did...The closing music is "Tonto" by Silent PartnerIf you have questions or just want to sa

Episode 9 - MARS and babies, 1971

May 8th, 2016 11m 11s

While I was in Vietnam, my wife gave birth to our first child, my daughter. I heard about it through the grapevine, but I wanted to hear for myself, so I "borrowed" some transportation in order to go have some people help me. And in one of the

Episode 8 - First trip to Guam, 1971

May 3rd, 2016 27m 53s

My first trip to Guam was not a good trip. Theft, fights andugly women marred this voyage and we weren't even pirates. Listenclose, there is a little bit of history in this one.

Episode 7 - Watching the seagulls fight over puke: Entering the Navy, 1969

Apr 24th, 2016 23m 25s

This time I try to explain what it takes to be sub-human - per US Navy standards. Boot Camp was not easy on two main levels: it was physically tough and mentally draining as it was designed to break you down so they could build you up. However,

Episode 6 - Odd Jobs: Part 1, 1966

Apr 19th, 2016 17m 10s

I had a few jobs from the time I was fifteen and a half - and they paid well and built character - some more than others.

Episode 5 - Growing up: Family and Home-cooked meals, 1950's and 1960's

Apr 10th, 2016 10m 47s

This time I am sketching out some details of my youth: my family, what made me different from my brothers - and my sister, what my family had and did compared to the other families in Hollister, CA during the 1950's and 1960's and the impact of

Episode 4 - Leaving the military, 1973

Apr 5th, 2016 46m 11s

With a month left of active duty, I was ordered to a month, plus several days of overseas duty, which mostly consisted of traveling to and back from Southeast Asia. I experienced long waits, a funeral at sea - which became a shooting gallery, t

Episode 3 - The best job in the US Navy, 1969

Mar 27th, 2016 11m 35s

During Boot Camp, everyone must complete a week of duties outside normal training - and this called "Service Week." As one of the luckiest men in the history of lucky men, I was ordered to what turned out to be the best job in the US Navy and q

Episode 2 - Grenade Pins, 1971

Mar 18th, 2016 22m 3s

At sea, on board the USS Pledge, a US Navy minesweeper headed to Vietnam, a terrible accident occurs, which haunts me to this day.

Episode 1 - A "honeymoon" trip to Vegas, 1971

Mar 18th, 2016 19m 40s

In the inaugural episode, I tell the story of when my wife and I, as a newly-ish married couple, on a trip to Las Vegas in the early 1970's. In this story, Jim Rockford helps us get a hotel room and a surprising thing happened when our car brok

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