Overview
In Neither an Officer Nor a Gentleman, a pair of twenty-something young men serve for four years in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to 1971, enjoying the adventures of an enlisted man's life on aircraft carriers and at Virginia Beach during the Vietnam War. They experience everything from the heartbreak of Memphis at Dr. King's death to the exhilaration of carrier life during tours of duty in the Western Pacific and the Mediterranean.The boys can't seem to stay out of trouble as they go from coast to coast, sea to sea, enjoying almost every minute. They drink their combat-filled way from San Diego to Honolulu, to Japan and the Philippines. They drown their liberty hours in beer from Spain, Italy, Greece, Malta, and Crete. They eat anything put in front of them: monkey meat, water buffalo, and even chicken legs miraculously blessed with shin bones. They discover that prostitutes in Olongapo, although harmless, are as unavoidable and as irritating as ants at a church picnic.And they learn to deal with hard work, sadness, fear, loneliness, and boredom - yet they wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Full Product Details
Author: F Lewis Smith
Publisher: Frank Lewis Smith
Imprint: Frank Lewis Smith
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.485kg
ISBN: 9781950794201
ISBN 10: 1950794202
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 19 May 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""...an excellent additon to all that has been written about the Vietnam War.... simply a first-class reading experience."" Burton D. Patrick, Lieutenant General, US Army (ret), former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division ""...a coming of age story...It covers the good and the bad. Brutally honest and sometimes cringe worthy..."" Gary W. Edwards, Captain, US Navy (ret), former Captain of the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) ""...well-written, intimate, firsthand account of life on an aircraft carrier... a rare view of an enlisted man's life... will keep the reader enthralled. Not many decorated veterans recount their stories to the uninitiated..."" Mayor Wiley Johnson, Summerville, SC, LtCol, USAFR, Vietnam era to Desert Storm"
...an excellent additon to all that has been written about the Vietnam War.... simply a first-class reading experience. Burton D. Patrick, Lieutenant General, US Army (ret), former Commanding General of the 101st Airborne Division ...a coming of age story...It covers the good and the bad. Brutally honest and sometimes cringe worthy... Gary W. Edwards, Captain, US Navy (ret), former Captain of the nuclear submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) ...well-written, intimate, firsthand account of life on an aircraft carrier... a rare view of an enlisted man's life... will keep the reader enthralled. Not many decorated veterans recount their stories to the uninitiated... Mayor Wiley Johnson, Summerville, SC, LtCol, USAFR, Vietnam era to Desert Storm
Author Information
Born and raised in Augusta, GA. Two years at GA Tech, four years in US Navy, graduated from Augusta University BBA. Owned CPA practice from 1978 to 2008. Volunteer Director of McDuffie Museum in Thomson, GA. Board of Augusta (GA) Jewish Museum. Wrote J Edgar Thomson, GA RR Years 1833-1845 biography 2017. US Navy Vietnam Vet. Happily married for 50 years; same woman. Two wonderful CPA sons. Two great daughters-in-law; six perfect grandkids.
