FOREWORD AND INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: Decisions, Enlistments And Departures
CHAPTER ONE: THE DECISION
CHAPTER TWO: MEPS
CHAPTER THREE: PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER FOUR: MEPS AGAIN
PART TWO: Boot Camp
CHAPTER FIVE: RECRUIT TRAINING COMMAND, SAN DIEGO
CHAPTER SIX: TWO MONTHS OF HELL
CHAPTER SEVEN: GRADUATION AND BEYOND
PART THREE: Apprentice Training
CHAPTER EIGHT: WELCOME TO SEAMAN APPRENTICE TRAINING
CHAPTER NINE: TRAINING IN EARNEST
CHAPTER TEN: WEEKEND LIBERTY
CHAPTER ELEVEN: BELLA POBLATE
AND HOW I DISCOVERED BOOZE
CHAPTER TWELVE: END OF APPRENTICE TRAINING AND ORDERS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: LEAVE AND
LEAVING
PART FOUR: Overseas And Underway – Welcome To The Jungle
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: THE FLIGHT
NOVEMBER 9-10
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CLARK AIR
BASE TO SUBIC BAY NAVAL BASE
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE USS FRESNO – WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
Official Ship's Seal from USS Fresno (LST-1182)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MY NEW HOME GIVES ME STITCHES
NOVEMBER 11
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: DAY TWO AND THE DECK PARTY
NOVEMBER 12
NOVEMBER 13
CHAPTER NINETEEN: BALUT, HONEY AND THE CHERRY BOY
CHAPTER TWENTY: THE BROWN BAG OF SHAME
NOVEMBER 14
NOVEMBER 15
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: WEEKEND LIBERTY
NOVEMBER 16
NOVEMBER 17
NOVEMBER 18
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: GOODBYE, P.I. AND OUT TO SEA
NOVEMBER 19
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: THE TYPHOON
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: GUAM
NOVEMBER 26
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: PEARL HARBOR
DECEMBER 6
DECEMBER 7
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: LONG BEACH AND THE END OF WEST PAC ‘88
DECEMBER 16
PART FIVE: Stateside – Faded Memories And Booze ('88-'89)
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: STANDING DOWN IN LOS ANGELES
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: A COLLECTION OF MEMORIES (1988-89)
LONG
BEACH NAVAL STATION
MAIL CALL
FIELD DAY
JON HICKERSHAM
LOSING CAPTAIN WILBUR
A VISIT FROM LORI
TAKING LEAVE
GREATSHOUSE
SHAINA AND KAREN
A TATTOO
ANOTHER TATTOO
THE BREAKUP
JOHN JECHENOWSKI AND MONTEREY
THE CAMPING TRIP
P.B.S.
THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL
THE BANDSTAND AND THE SILVER BULLET
FOURTH STREET
BELMONT SHORE AND THE BAYSHORE SALOON
THE CITY CENTER MOTEL
THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX
STANDING UP FOR MYSELF
PART SIX: The Shipyards
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: SAN PEDRO SHIPYARDS
MESS CRANKING
SLUSH FUNDS
BEACH PARTIES
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
NEW GUYS
FLAG FOOTBALL
SOFTBALL
THE CONCERTS
THE SALUTE
THE STABBINGS
LEAVING SAN PEDRO
PART SEVEN: A Second Collection of Memories ('89-'90)
CHAPTER THIRTY: A SECOND COLLECTION OF MEMORIES (1989-90)
LEAVE AGAIN
CHER
STRIKING OUT
BM2 HOWELL
TRAINING
TIJUANA
STEROIDS & E.M.I.
THE DRIVE IN
THE SWIM TEST – PART II
THE LABOR DAY TRIP
THE LITTLE MERMAID
JON GRACE
CAGLE AND THE BASE CLUB
NADSAP
BENTON’S WEDDING AND THE MOVE
TEST TIME
YET ANOTHER TATTOO
THE SKI TRIP
THE CHRISTMAS PARTY
CHRISTMAS LEAVE
NEW YEAR’S EVE, 1990
PART EIGHT: The Farewell Tour - WESTPAC 1990 (Pt. 1)
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: UNDERWAY - WESTPAC 1990
JANUARY 12
JANUARY 13
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: AT SEA – CALIFORNIA TO IWO JIMA
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: IWO JIMA TO OKINAWA TO THE PHILIPPINES
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: PARTY TIME – FILIPINO STYLE
FEBRUARY 12
FEBRUARY 13
FEBRUARY 14
FEBRUARY 15
FEBRUARY 16
FEBRUARY 17
FEBRUARY 18
FEBRUARY 19
FEBRUARY 20
FEBRUARY 21
FEBRUARY 22
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: P.I. TO OKINAWA TO JAPAN
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: THREE WEEKS IN JAPAN
MARCH 4
MARCH 5
MARCH 6
MARCH 7
MARCH 8
MARCH 9
MARCH 10
MARCH 11
MARCH 12
MARCH 13
MARCH 14
MARCH 15
MARCH 16
MARCH 17
MARCH 18
MARCH 19
MARCH 20
MARCH 21
MARCH 22
MARCH 23
MARCH 24
MARCH 25
MARCH 26
MARCH 27
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: JAPAN TO OKINAWA TO THE P.I.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: THE TWELVE DAYS OF STUPIDITY
APRIL 6
APRIL 7
APRIL 8
APRIL 9
APRIL 10
APRIL 11
APRIL 12
PART NINE: The Farewell Tour - WESTPAC 1990 (Pt. 2)
APRIL 13
APRIL 14
APRIL 15
APRIL 16
ARPIL 17
APRIL 18
CHAPTER FORTY: P.I. TO OKINAWA BACK TO THE P.I. - THEN ON TO
HONG KONG
APRIL 22
APRIL
26
APRIL
27
APRIL
30
MAY 1
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: HONG KONG - 7-11 CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
MAY 4
MAY 5
MAY 6
MAY 7
MAY 8
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: HONG KONG TO SINGAPORE
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: SINGAPORE AND THE BIRD ZOO
MAY 15
MAY 16
MAY 17
CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: CROSSING THE LINE
CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: SINGAPORE TO THAILAND
CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: PATTAYA BEACH, THAILAND – DON’T TELL MOM!
JUNE 3
JUNE 4
JUNE 5
JUNE 6
JUNE 7
CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: THAILAND TO THE PHILIPPINES
CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: A FINAL P.I. GOODBYE
JUNE 13
JUNE 14
JUNE 15
JUNE 16
CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: THE PHILIPPINES TO HAWAII – HOMEWARD BOUND
CHAPTER FIFTY: HAWAI’I – THREE DAYS IN PARADISE
JULY 1
JULY 2
JULY 3
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: HAWAI’I TO LONG BEACH – TIGER CRUISE
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: HOMECOMING!! or, HOW NOT TO GET ON
BASE
CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: LONG BEACH TO SACRAMENTO TO LARAMIE – HOME AT
LAST!
PART TEN: The Reserves
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR: SIGNING UP IN CHEYENNE…AGAIN
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE: WEEKEND DUTY
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX: MY FIRST A.T. – ONCE A SQUID…
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN: GUNNERY SCHOOL IN CHICAGO
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT: MY SECOND A.T. – BACK HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE: THE SHELLBACK CERTIFICATE
CHAPTER SIXTY: NOT SO FAST – I’VE GOT A HERNIA!
CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE: AUGUST 18TH, 1995…AT LAST!
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