Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke: Fifty Years in US Navy Destroyers, Volume 2 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Bob Cohen, Terry Miller
Publisher: Oak Tree Press
Category: Book
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Pages: 184
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 189234307X
EAN: 9781892343079
ASIN: 189234307X
Publication Date: February 29, 2008
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Product Description
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. Scurvy Dogs, Green Water and Gunsmoke is the first joint effort for these writers, most of whom have been published previously in the Tin Can Sailor, the journal of the National Association of Destroyer Veterans.
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 Destroyer stories July 4, 2008
Wayne K. Stewart (Otis Orchards, Wa)
Both books do an excellent job of providing vignettes of life aboard U.S. Navy destroyers. Some accounts are a little off-color, which detracts from the overall book. All-in-all, anyone who has served on a destroyer or is curious about what it is like to do so should read this book. Easy read.
Wayne Stewart
Past crew member of USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG7)
 Long live the destroyermen May 15, 2008
J. Kurt Mondloch (Manchester, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pick an ocean, any ocean. Add a few Navy destroyers, throw in a healthy dose of salt spray, then brace yourself. Such a concoction breeds unique ship crews who are renowned as colorful characters with irreverent lifestyles. Now some of their own have jumped ship and penned these clever sea stories.
These tales, some taller than others, offer unique insights into life aboard the "greyhounds of the sea." A good read.
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