I’m an old and proud Navy veteran, having served as a young, enlisted sailor on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk during the Vietnam War in 1970 and 1971, and later on the USS Saugus, a Navy harbor tugboat at the U.S. nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland.
These days I work as a writer in my basement office and library, surrounded by my knife, sword and gun collection, and my awards, photos and
mementos of my time in the U.S. Navy in Southeast Asia, Europe and other
places, as well as those of my family, my time as a U.S. Defense Department
civilian, and my later career as a writer and journalist.
My books are mementos. Some of my books are from my childhood, and I recall fondly my dreams
of adventure and romance as a sailor in the Navy and as a writer as I read
and reread them.
I also recall the books that I read while traveling the world in the Navy, and the books I took with me on travel work assignments and the many vacations I spent with my wife and family over the years. And I recall the books I received as gifts from my wife and children on my birthday, Father’s Day and Christmas.
Books have always
accompanied me on my journey in life, and they have been good companions.
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