Scurvy dogs, green water and gunsmoke
Subtitle: fifty years in U.S. Navy destroyers
By: edited by Robert Cohen and Terry Miller.
Contributors: Cohen, Robert B., 1959-; Miller, Terry L., 1946-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oak Tree Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Taylorville, IL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781892343062; 9781892343079
Subjects: United States. -- Navy -- Anecdotes; Destroyers (Warships) -- United States -- Anecdotes; Destroyers (Warships) -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sailors -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Anecdotes.; Biography.
Description: Secret Scurvy Dog Society members relate stories, many humorous, some pointedly not, of life on US Navy destroyers during the Korean, Vietnam, and Gulf Wars. 

Eighteen Destroymen describe life at sea (and on the beach!) during their service in the US Navy. Their 2-volume book contains over 100 stories -- some entertaining, some poignant, but all real.

In the stormy Atlantic and the beautiful Pacific, in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and South China Seas, come sail with the Scurvy Dogs as they circle the globe in those greyhounds of the oceans, the United States Navy destroyer fleet.  The destroyermen describe the adventures, dangers and excitement of a life at sea...

    * leaving friends and family on the pier in Narragansett Bay Departure
    * stumbling into Communist Party headquarters during wartime in Exploring Hong Kong
    * life-and-death decisions during a Pacific storm inTyphoon!
    * an inside look at the engineers in What Are Those Animals Doing Down There?
    * cartoon characters come to life in A Mickey Mouse Operation
    * nuclear security breached in I Have the Missile Keys

The authors' royalties are donated to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. Please support our troops.
Notes: The title is available at Amazon.com, BN.com and the www.thritybookmall.com

Plus it is available to bookstores through Ingram and Baker/Taylor.