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Book Synopsis Polliwogs and Shellbacks by : Keith P. Richardson
Download or read book Polliwogs and Shellbacks written by Keith P. Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussion and analysis of equator crossing ceremonies which the author viewed during service on the U.S.S. Kilauea AE-26 in 1969 and 1970.
Download or read book Spy written by and published by . This book was released on 1993-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart. Funny. Fearless."It's pretty safe to say that Spy was the most influential magazine of the 1980s. It might have remade New York's cultural landscape; it definitely changed the whole tone of magazine journalism. It was cruel, brilliant, beautifully written and perfectly designed, and feared by all. There's no magazine I know of that's so continually referenced, held up as a benchmark, and whose demise is so lamented" --Dave Eggers. "It's a piece of garbage" --Donald Trump.
Book Synopsis Gender at Sea by : Marleen Reichgelt e.a.
Download or read book Gender at Sea written by Marleen Reichgelt e.a. and published by Uitgeverij Verloren. This book was released on 2022-12-14 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries seafaring people thought that the presence of women on board would mean bad luck: rough weather, shipwreck, and other disasters were sure to follow. Because of these beliefs and prejudices women were supposedly excluded from the maritime domain. In the field of maritime history too, the ship and the sea have predominantly been perceived as a space for men. This volume of the Yearbook of Women’s History challenges these notions. It asks: to what extent were the sea and the ship ever male-dominated and masculine spaces? How have women been part of seafaring communities, maritime undertakings, and maritime culture? How did gender notions impact life on board and vice versa? From a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume moves from Indonesia to the Faroe Islands, from the Mediterranean to Newfoundland; bringing to light the presence of women and the workings of gender on sailing, whaling, steam, cruise, passenger, pirate, and navy ships. As a whole it demonstrates the diversity and the agency of women at sea from ancient times to the present day.
Download or read book Fantail Journeys written by Mary McElroy and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molly leaves the safety of her home to live on a college ship for a semester. She finds herself in a tight-knit group of students who traverse three continents. The students learn how to cope with different cultures and languages and how to protect each other during hard times. Molly must lean on her faith to endure the adventures she encounters.
Download or read book By Way of the Wind written by Jim Moore and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1996 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begins when the author announces to his bride of two months that they will build a boat and sail to the South Pacific.
Book Synopsis The Aztec Eagles by : Walte Zapotoczny Jr
Download or read book The Aztec Eagles written by Walte Zapotoczny Jr and published by Fonthill Media. This book was released on 2019-12-08 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few would list Mexico as an ally of the US during the Second World War. Sadly, Mexico s aid to the US has been largely ignored by historians and is mostly absent from American history books. When Mexican aviators had the opportunity to show their courage in battle, they did so with valour. General Douglas MacArthur commended the pilots and 150 support personnel. The thirty-one pilots of Mexican Expeditionary Force 201st Fighter Squadron flew missions supporting troops in the Philippines and sorties over Formosa. The Aztec Eagles helped the Allies defeat Japan, end the isolationism of Mexico and paved the way for important agreements between the United States and Mexico. They helped modernise the Mexican Air Force and demonstrated that Mexico could mount a successful expeditionary force. Significant as these achievements were, perhaps the unit s most important legacy is that the Aztec Eagles fought for dignity, creating pride throughout their homeland. That pride endures and is evident today as the story of the Aztec Eagles can be heard across the nation.
Book Synopsis Ramblings from A Cockpit by : Michael S Alexatos Captain Usn (Ret )
Download or read book Ramblings from A Cockpit written by Michael S Alexatos Captain Usn (Ret ) and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Crossing the Line by : Simon J. Bronner
Download or read book Crossing the Line written by Simon J. Bronner and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, new sailors from European and North American countries have been subjected to an elaborate hazing at sea called “crossing the line.” Typically initiated upon a crossing of the equator, the beatings, dunkings, sexual play, and drinking displays that constitute crossing the line have in recent decades been banned by some fleets— but they have also been the subject of staunch defenses and fond reminiscences. Crossing the Line studies the purpose and the changing meaning of the ceremony, substantially revising long-held assumptions.
Book Synopsis Witness to Neptune’s Inferno by : David F. Winkler
Download or read book Witness to Neptune’s Inferno written by David F. Winkler and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...richly describes so many timeless, classical, and archetypal aspects of war that anyone from the Napoleonic soldier to the Iraq War veteran could probably identify and relate to them." — Military Review 1942 would prove crucial for the United States in the Pacific following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and a series of setbacks in the Southwest. As the first ship commissioned following America’s entry into World War II, the light cruiser USS Atlanta would be thrust into the Pacific fight, joining the fleet in time for the pivotal battle of Midway and on to the Guadalcanal campaign in the Southwest Pacific. Embarked was an exceptionally astute observer, Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, who faithfully recorded his thoughts on the conflict in a standard canvas-covered logbook. Diaries were not supposed to be kept by those serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and for good reason. If recovered by the Japanese, they would likely have revealed that the Japanese code had been broken prior to the battle of Midway. Thus, Mustin’s diary is a rare day-to-day accounting of the Pacific from a very opinionated mid-grade officer. Beginning with the commissioning of Atlanta at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Christmas Eve 1941, Mustin covers the ship’s workups and her deployment to the Pacific in time for the battle of Midway. It’s then on to the Southwest Pacific, where the ship first engages enemy aircraft at the battle of the Eastern Solomons in late August 1942. Mustin’s final entry covers the battle of Santa Cruz in late October 1942. The story is completed by an account of the battle of Guadalcanal and beyond, drawing upon Mustin’s oral history. This is a valuable document, fully interpreted to provide a better understanding of the Pacific War during that critical year.
Book Synopsis Christopher Koller Crossing the Line by : Michael Brennan
Download or read book Christopher Koller Crossing the Line written by Michael Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis From Conception to Retirement by : Max DeBoard
Download or read book From Conception to Retirement written by Max DeBoard and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Conception to Retirement By: Max DeBoard The emotional heart of Max DeBoard’s adventures lie with the love of his life, and the people he has come across. The magic of conception filled with thrilling descriptions of the world’s most spectacular places in his glamorous technicolored world. Max says, “I must confess I never thought I would end up putting my adventures into print, but many people said that the world needs to hear my story.” Max’s adventures will make you laugh, and make you cry, and they will make you laugh so hard that you will cry. Max talks about in his book, from attending a two room country school to being inducted into Del Mar College Hall of Fame. Max enlisted in the US Navy at the age of nineteen, became a shellback aboard the USS America. When Max was discharged, he went to work in the South Texas oil fields, where he met Richard Glover, the fiddle player on All Dean’s “Cotton Eyed Joe”. Max later worked in the oil field in Libya, North Africa. Max worked for United Nuclear Corporation before returning.
Download or read book Wrongs of Passage written by Hank Nuwer and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the problems of hazing and binge drinking at fraternities and sororities on American college campuses, telling the stories of some of the young people who have been seriously injured or died as a result of such behaviors; and offers a list of recommendations for reform.
Book Synopsis Before Aspirin & Other Things by : Joseph E. Fulford
Download or read book Before Aspirin & Other Things written by Joseph E. Fulford and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing dentures while casting a shrimp net and coloring his hair with chimney soot are two examples of real life experiences that Rev. Joseph E. Fulford will share in these heart-felt memoirs. A veteran of World War II, an ex-butcher, a retired United Methodist minister and a born story teller, he is now able to use his degree in journalism from the University of Florida to share many of his interesting and humorous adventures encountered in his life. He has set in the course of his ministry, when appropriate, to make people smile and laugh. He finds much gratification from seeing moods change and spirits lifted. Fulford has told these stories to his congregation, three children, seven grandchildren, and his great granddaughter. They enjoyed them immensely and highly recommended their retelling. Take a journey with Fulford through some amusing situations and some downright funny happenings that will not only bring laughter, but will bring closeness to God. While reading, keep in mind those sage words from Proverbs 15:15, "A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance," and Proverbs 17:22, "A merry heart doeth good like medicine."
Book Synopsis U.S.S. Holt (DE-706) Destroyer Escort by : Jeffrey E. Cope
Download or read book U.S.S. Holt (DE-706) Destroyer Escort written by Jeffrey E. Cope and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the true story of the men aboard the destroyer escort U.S.S. HOLT (DE-706) during World War II. The HOLT story begins with the ship's construction in 1943, launching in 1944, continues through its missions in the Pacific, and concludes with its decommissioning after the war in 1946. Major missions included Leyte Gulf Landings, a slow-tow convoy to Mindoro, the Lingayen Gulf Campaign, and the Legaspi Operation. The HOLT was one of twenty-two Rudderow class destroyer escorts built during WWII. The HOLT and five other destroyer escorts became part of Escort Division 74 and participated in various task groups and units in the Philippine area. Enjoy learning about the ship's missions and the crew with their many stories as they served their country with valor.
Download or read book Life at Sea written by Monique Layton and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-01-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Life at Sea, anthropologist Monique Layton draws on her experiences on modern cruise ships to examine the evolution of sailing from the Age of Exploration to the Age of Tourism. Using historical records and the reports of people who once went to sea through necessity, curiosity, or adventure, she shows the common events that have shaped their voyages and the ingenuity, courage, and determination that characterize mankind's connection with the all-surrounding sea. The book's topics range from the dependence on the wind and manpower through the invention of devices to determine location at sea to modern maritime technology, from the devastation of scurvy and starvation on early ships of exploration and trade to the luxuries of omnipresent food, on-board medical treatment, and professional entertainment available on behemoth cruise ships. The book also delves into the deeper meaning of seafarers' rituals and their harsh lives with severe discipline and few rewards. These aspects along with the horrors of the slave trade and naval warfare, the harrowing crossings of emigrants and convicts, the ambiguities of piracy, and economics of global trade all show the contradictory elements that have consistently shaped travel by sea.
Book Synopsis So Long for Now by : Jerry L. Rogers
Download or read book So Long for Now written by Jerry L. Rogers and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elden Duane Rogers died on March 19, 1945, one of the eight hundred who perished on the aircraft carrier USS Franklin that day. It was his nineteenth birthday. Write home often, the navy told sailors like Elden, thinking it would keep up morale among sailors and those waiting for them stateside. But they were told not to write anything about where they were, where they had been, where they were going, what they were doing, or even what the weather was like. Spies were presumed everywhere, and loose lips could sink ships. Before a sailor’s letter could be sealed and sent, a censor read it and with a razor blade cut out words that told too much. So Long for Now reconstructs the lost world of a sailor’s daily life in World War II, piecing together letters from Elden’s family in Vega, Texas, and from his girlfriend, the untold stories behind Elden’s own letters, and the context of the war itself. Historian Jerry L. Rogers delves past censored letters limited to small talk and local gossip to conjure the danger, excitement, boredom, and sacrifices that sailors in the Pacific theater endured. He follows Elden from enlistment in the navy through every battle the USS Franklin saw. Flight deck crashes, kamikaze hits, and tensions and alliances aboard ship all built to the unprecedented chaos and casualties of the Japanese air attack on March 19. “So long for now,” Elden signed off—never “Goodbye.” This moving work poignantly confronts the horrors of war, giving voice to a young sailor, the country he served, the family and friends he left behind, and the hope that has sustained them.
Book Synopsis Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945 by : James J. Fahey
Download or read book Pacific War Diary, 1942-1945 written by James J. Fahey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fahey was a 24-year-old garbage-truck driver when he enlisted in the Navy on Oct. 3, 1942, and became a seaman first class on the USS Montpelier. During almost three years of battle in the Pacific Ocean, he defied Navy rules against keeping a diary by writing copious notes on loose sheets of paper that appeared to anyone watching to be ordinary let
