Overview

As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol gunboat out of Guantanamo Bay following the Cuban Missile Crisis and deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy to counter Soviet threats north of the Arctic Circle. His detailed memoir recounts American efforts to win the Cold War from the perspective of a young lieutenant on the front lines 1964-1975 and the personal struggles and perseverance of sailors fighting an existential enemy at sea.

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Author:   Jack Whitehouse
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9781476688350

ISBN 10:   1476688354
Pages:   267
Publication Date:   05 July 2022
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Vietnam Vet by Elaine Kiesling Whitehouse Preface Introduction 1. Why Join the Navy? 2. A Life Changing Event 3. Midshipman Tough 4. Catastrophes of 1968 5. Graduate, Marry and Join the Fleet 6. Classmates Lost 7. Deployment to Westpac 8. Driving Ships and Yankee Station 9. Ensign John Norton and the Evans 10. DASH Ops and Bangkok 11. Naval Gunfire Support and the Rodent Incident 12. Hong Kong Mary, the China Fleet Club, and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident 13. A Possible Kraken and Okinawa Legacy 14. Wardroom Changes and Another Friend Lost 15. Back to Vietnam 16. Subic Bay and Olongapo 17. Saving John Wayne and the Fight 18. Project 100,000 and Typhoon Joan 19. Homeward Bound 20. Patrol Gunboats 21. East Coast Here We Come 22. Guantanamo Bay 23. The Loss of a Best Friend 24. Getting to Norway 25. Welcome to the Norwegian Navy 26. Deploying to the Arctic 27. Life in the Far North 28. The Lost Ship 29. Not Visiting Leningrad 30. The Shetlands, Back North, Sailing Subs 31. The Sami 32. The Turn 33. Riding Norwegian Gunboats 34. A Change of Course Appendix: Soviet Socialism and Its Influences Today Author’s Service Record Bibliography Index

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Author Information

From 1968 to 1970 Jack Whitehouse served aboard the U.S.S Buck (DD-761) for two deployments to Vietnam. In 1971 he became the executive officer and then the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chehalis (PG-94) sailing out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following a year of language training, Jack became the first U.S. Navy exchange officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy. From 1973 to 1975 he sailed aboard Norwegian frigates, patrol boats and a submarine north of the Arctic Circle. In 1976 he joined the CIA, serving abroad for most of his career. In 2010, he won the first-place award from the Press Club of Long Island for his regular column in the Fire Island Tide. In 2011 the town of Islip presented him with the Carl A. Starace History Award for his research and authorship on Islip town subjects. He has written four previous books and numerous pieces for a variety of publications. He lives in Sayville, New York.

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