From Vietnam to the Arctic Circle

Memoir of a Naval Officer in the Cold War

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

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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Utgivningsdatum:2022-07-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:358 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:267
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476688350

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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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Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsVietnam Vet by Elaine Kiesling WhitehousePrefaceIntroduction1. Why Join the Navy?2. A Life Changing Event3. Midshipman Tough4. Catastrophes of 19685. Graduate, Marry and Join the Fleet6. Classmates Lost7. Deployment to Westpac8. Driving Ships and Yankee Station9. Ensign John Norton and the Evans10. DASH Ops and Bangkok11. Naval Gunfire Support and the Rodent Incident12. Hong Kong Mary, the China Fleet Club, and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident13. A Possible Kraken and Okinawa Legacy14. Wardroom Changes and Another Friend Lost15. Back to Vietnam16. Subic Bay and Olongapo17. Saving John Wayne and the Fight18. Project 100,000 and Typhoon Joan19. Homeward Bound20. Patrol Gunboats21. East Coast Here We Come22. Guantanamo Bay23. The Loss of a Best Friend24. Getting to Norway25. Welcome to the Norwegian Navy26. Deploying to the Arctic27. Life in the Far North28. The Lost Ship29. Not Visiting Leningrad30. The Shetlands, Back North, Sailing Subs31. The Sami32. The Turn33. Riding Norwegian Gunboats34. A Change of CourseAppendix: Soviet Socialism and Its Influences TodayAuthor’s Service RecordBibliographyIndex