Reviews
My name is Dick Walsh. I am a retired MMCS-USN and I have just finished your book…I am going to be forthright and come to the report of my findings on your book, hold on to your socks, shipmate. “It is too damned short!” I have laughed at every chapter in it. Your chapter on seasickness was wonderful. I worked for a MMCS on the USS Mississinewa during my first tour and old SCPO Pickard was just about equal to your Chief Reale. I had to go up and scrub the longitudinals in the engine room with two buckets also and the reason was the same as your Chief Reale had. I was so angry and hated the mans so much I forgot just how bad I felt. Your book is now in my cabinate alongside of ones autographed by Tom Clancy and W.E.B. Griffin. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed reading of your oddesy. I did 24 years and have a few tales locked in the old thought locker. Well done, shipmate, and thank you for your service to America.
Richard J. Walsh
Virginia Beach, VA
I recently read your book “The Reluctant Sailor,” and I am writing to say how much I enjoyed reading it. Your amusing accounts of life on the ocean wave keep me laughing all the way through. My grandfather served in South Africa during WWII in the Signals Corps (I am British), and many of his stories have the same ring to them as yours. Once again, I congratulate you on your book.
Robin Tregaskis
Just wanted to let you know that I finished your book and found it to be excellent! A funny, moving account of a naive young man thrust into the military and soon relieved of his naiveté. Truly an enjoyable read. (And, unlike most such memoirs, well organized and edited, too.)
Rod Scher, Editor
Smart Computing Magazine
www.smartcomputing.com
This book should be required reading for anyone thinking of volunteering for the military! It is going to be my Dad’s Christmas present, he is retired military (11 years Navy, 9 years Air Force) and a WWII veteran. He will love the stories and I’m sure he will relate to the insanity of the military.
Connie
Mountain City, TX