The Gundeckers
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The Gundeckers
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Author : Richard Winston
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2000-09-07
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In Vietnam, while the air and land war grinds bloodily on, a few miles off shore in the South China Sea the fleet oiler USS Michigamme, AO 108, steams up and down the coast in operation Market Time. From Yankee Station in the north, deep in the Gulf of Tonkin, to Dixie Station in the Gulf of Siam far to the south, the men of Michigamme fight boredom, a corrupt system, and each other as they refuel (or in naval parlance, unrep) what ever ships of the U.S. Seventh Fleet they encounter that require it, from tiny wood-hulled MSO minesweepers doing solitary interdiction duty off the Mekong Delta to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise, CVA 65, and her taskforce engaged in bombing Haiphong harbor. When her own bunkers run dry, Michigamme returns to the POL pier in Subic Bay, P.I. to put a Tiger in her tank and let the men have a little R & R in the fleshpots of Olongapo. On one such occasion she picks up a new man, a brigrat just out of incarceration on Guam for going AWOL. His name is Gus Rounds. We follow Rounds as he is introduced to his new ship and his new shipmates. He quickly earns the wrath of his future nemesis, Ted Holiday, BM1. But he is be-friended by Tick Peterson, PN2 in the Ships Office and cut some slack by Master Chief Gunnersmate Tom MacBriar. Captain Childress is aboard Michigamme, deep in the belly of ServPac, the wretched Service Fleet Pacific, and the bottom of the barrel as far as command status goes, for one reason only. Her draft. Fully laden she draws 48 feet of water, about the same as an aircraft carrier. Childress is a WWII flyboy hero who knows nothing about ships and is bucking for a carrier command, but to get it he needs some deep draft experience on his resume.Fortunately for Childress, his second in command, Executive Officer Jim Barden, is a competent seaman and navigator and he sees to all the actual details of the ships day to day performance. While Rounds is part of Deck Force we meet his fellow deckapes Red Dog, Tony Land, John Basham, and Denny Van Horn BM2, Holidays right hand man. We also meet Tim Case, ET3, Gary Middleshore, PN striker and many other members of Michigamme 212-man crew.With a little encouragement and Peterson greasing the wheels, Rounds gets out from under Holidays thumb on deck force and is allowed to;strike for gunner. After Tom MacBriars suicide, the Gunnery Department of Michigamme consists of Deke Buckles, GM2, Joe Cruz, GM3, and Rounds, seaman striker. Until BuPers in Washington can send a replacement for Chief MacBriar, Buckles is in charge of the gundecks. He and Holiday are at war. Holiday is also at war with Peterson over money Holiday owes to the illegal slush fund Peterson operates with Corpsman Jerry Steinberg. Then the an unknown officer steals Deke Buckles Filipina girlfriend, Trudy, and Buckles goes berserk, starting a riot in Olongapo and a war between Michigamme and Oklahoma City, flagship of Com7thFleet. Later he finds out that the officer is Captain Childress of the Michigamme, and the seeds to a mutiny are sown. First the Okie City, as she is known, is doused with black oil from stem to stern when Buckles and the rest of the gundeckers conspire with some snipes in Engineering to send the flagship a charged hose thus torpedoing Captain Childress career. But Buckles is killed in a helicopter accident and it falls on Gus Rounds to plot the Michigamme Mutiny. When push finally comes to shove its in a raging typhoon off the coast of Japan. Joe Cruz and Gus Rounds make their move and the gundeckers seize command of the ship by force. But by then the real question is whose ship is it anyway?
Nuclear News
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
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A Firm Word Or Two
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Author : Nathaniel Benchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
A Firm Word Or Two written by Nathaniel Benchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Families categories.
The growing years of a father and his son who share the same world but can never quite talk about it.
Side Street
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Author : Nathaniel Benchley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Side Street written by Nathaniel Benchley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Landlord and tenant categories.
Hilarious activities of two New York City families living in the East Sixties.
Routledge Library Editions America Revolution And Civil War
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Author : Various Authors
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-26
Routledge Library Editions America Revolution And Civil War written by Various Authors and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with History categories.
The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 2011, available as ebooks for the first time, include succinct, accessible books on two of the most important periods of American history which offer concise treatment of these major historical topics, as well as some lengthier, finest single-volume studies of the American Civil and Revolutionary Wars ever written and an outstanding reference tool in a 2 volume Encyclopedia. Among other things they: Bring central themes and problems into sharper focus. Discuss the pivotal roles played by Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln. Examine the role of medical doctors in the northern campaigns during the revolutionary war. Elucidate the character of the underlying moral and political problem of slavery. Discuss the social and political experience of the civil war whilst examining the centrality of what happened on the battlefield. Evaluate the legacy of the Civil War for America and for the world and emphasize its relationship to many of the dominating themes of modern history – democracy, freedom, equality and nationalism.
The American Revolution 1775 1783
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Author : Richard L. Blanco
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-12-06
The American Revolution 1775 1783 written by Richard L. Blanco and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-06 with History categories.
This definitive encyclopedia, originally published in 1983 and now available as an ebook for the first time, covers the American Revolution, comes in two volumes and contains 865 entries on the war for American independence. Included are essays (ranging from 250 to 25,000 words) on major and minor battles, and biographies of military men, partisan leaders, loyalist figures and war heroes, as well as strong coverage of political and diplomatic themes. The contributors present their summaries within the context of late 20th Century historiography about the American Revolution. Every entry has been written by a subject specialist, and is accompanied by a bibliography to aid further research. Extensively illustrated with maps, the volumes also contain a chronology of events, glossary and substantial index.
Reports Of Cases Determined In The Supreme Court Of The State Of California
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Author : California. Supreme Court
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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The American State Reports
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Author : Abraham Clark Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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The American And English Corporation Cases
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Author : Frank C. Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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The Pacific Reporter
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
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"Comprising all the decisions of the Supreme Courts of California, Kansas, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Montana, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, District Courts of Appeal and Appellate Department of the Superior Court of California and Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma." (varies)