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The war in Vietnam (a Cold War era military conflict) began November 1, 1955, (the first US military advisors arrived in 1950) but would not end until the fall of Saigon, April 30, 1975. The war would kill (minimum to maximum numbers, according to Wikipedia) 1 million to 3 million Vietnamese, 200,000 to 300,000 Cambodians, 20,000 to 200,000 Laotians. And 58,220 Americans.In the mid-nineteen-sixties some conventional fleet submarines were refitted to carry small teams of UDT and SEALs. Their primary mission was beach reconnaissance.The main submarine used was the USS Perch, left over from World War II, but still plenty spirited.She participated in the operations Jungle Drum III, Dagger Thrust, Double Eagle, Deck House II, and Deck House IV. The operations the Perch participated in during 1965-66 during the early years of the Vietnam War are used as a basis for this story, requiring two main fictional characters: Brice Moser needed to get away from the farm for awhile--sow some wild oats--as his dad and uncles called it. So he joined the navy. Just a few days from saying
About the Author: During my 4 years we "mostly" stayed away from Vietnam. My 2 commands were the USS Carbonero SS337 and the USS Archerfish SS/AGSS 311. One of Carbonero's highlights was participating in the 1962 nuclear tests (Operation Dominic[before I got aboard]) off Christmas Island and Johnson Island in the central Pacific. Through her periscope, about 30 miles away, she witnessed an atomic blast from a Polaris Missile fired by the USS Ethan Allen SS-480. (Just 30 miles seems a bit...close, to me). On April 27, 1975, Carbonero was taken to sea for the last time and sunk by a Mk48 torpedo fired by the USS Pogy SSN-647. (Made me kind of sad to hear that.) The Archerfish's highlight is the sinking of the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine, for which she received a Presidential Unit Citation after the war. And for all that, on October 19, 1968, she was sunk off San Diego by a torpedo from the USS Snook SSN-592. (That sinking was sad for me to hear about too, but, maybe, for those old war-girls, sinking by torpedo is a good way to die.) Toward the end of her cruises Archerfish's torpedo tubes were removed, a few civilian scientists came aboard, and AG was added to her name, which stood somehow for Oceanographic Survey, which for some reason required an all-bachelor crew (that's when I came aboard, just in time for a 6-month yard period.)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781463525750
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 284
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Vietnam War Action by Fleet Submarines
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1463525753
  • Publisher Date: 10 Jun 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 431 gr

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