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Author | : John Crowder |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1457502070 |
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John Crowder was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia. He graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1960 and enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard for four years. He later re-enlisted for another six years. His experiences during this time helped him discover another world outside the hills of West Virginia. After one final personal tragedy in his life, he returned to his birthplace and began life anew. He is a graduate of West Virginia State University and a retired chemical plant electrician with two adult children and four grandchildren. This book was written to tell others how military life can help a young man gain the necessary self-confidence to overcome life's obstacles. The author describes many of the men he worked with on a daily basis and how humor can be found in all walks of life. The writer also gives insight into his personal life as he struggled to support his family. Today's Coast Guard is a far cry from those lean years in the 1960's. The other Guardians who read this memoir will recognize the great differences in technologies between then and now. Life was different when the author served his ten years active duty as a Coast Guardsman. Airconditioned vessels were few-and-far-between. Isolated duty tours on LORAN stations and lighthouses were common. Many of the enlisted personnel qualified for food stamps, but very few would apply.Medical care was sparse unless you were stationed near a military installation with those medical facilities or a Public Health Service Hospital.Work uniforms for enlisted up to and including E-6 were chambray shirts, bell-bottomed dungarees, and a blue ball cap or white hat. Dress uniforms were either dress blues of bell-bottomed trousers and a jumper with white piping or a white uniform of the same except no piping, and a white hat. The author describes a few situations and conditions that give a very small overview of the older Coast Guard. In 1960, the Coast Guard was under the U. S. Treasury Department. Later it was moved to the newly-formed Department of Transportation. Some called this department a wet NASA. The orange slash was added to floating units and aircraft about 1968. Now, the Guardians are under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security. But as we all know, if war is declared, the CG will go under the good ole'U. S. Navy and the Department of Defense. The author was proud to have served as a Guardian, and he is proud of you men and women who are now serving. Those he has had the pleasure of meeting and serving with in today's Coast Guard are generally more aware of the world situation and are certainly better trained than we were. Semper Paratus, always ready, is what we want to be as one of the armed forces of The United States of America. I always pray that God will bless you in your service to keep us safe and free.
Author | : Wesley E. Hall |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 2001-06-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0595190170 |
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The Hooligan Navy is about a Coast Guard that had just gone through a world war as part of the U. S. Navy. The story focuses upon the experiences of a young radio operator who served on the CGC Alert, the CGC Bramble, the CGC Chautauqua, the CGC Escanaba, the CGC Storis, and the CGC Taney. The action begins on the West Coast, moves to Baltimore and the Coast Guard Yard, travels down to Norfolk and Panama, and ends up back on the West Coast and in Alaska. It is a humorous book about a young ex-Navy sailor who found out the hard way that the Coast Guard is a very small outfit where the officers all knew each other and shared what they knew about recalcitrant swabs.
Author | : Anthony Harkins |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195189507 |
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This text argues that the hillbilly - in his various guises - has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent degenerate who threatens the modern order and as a keeper of traditional values and thus symbolic of a nostalgic past free of the problems of contemporary life.
Author | : Harvey H. Jackson |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2013-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0820345318 |
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The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera traces the development of the Florida-Alabama coast as a tourist destination from the late 1920s and early 1930s, when it was sparsely populated with "small fishing villages," through to the tragic and devastating BP/Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. Harvey H. Jackson III focuses on the stretch of coast from Mobile Bay and Gulf Shores, Alabama, east to Panama City, Florida--an area known as the "Redneck Riviera." Jackson explores the rise of this area as a vacation destination for the lower South's middle- and working-class families following World War II, the building boom of the 1950s and 1960s, and the emergence of the Spring Break "season." From the late sixties through 1979, severe hurricanes destroyed many small motels, cafes, bars, and early cottages that gave the small beach towns their essential character. A second building boom ensued in the 1980s dominated by high-rise condominiums and large resort hotels. Jackson traces the tensions surrounding the gentrification of the late 1980s and 1990s and the collapse of the housing market in 2008. While his major focus is on the social, cultural, and economic development, he also documents the environmental and financial impacts of natural disasters and the politics of beach access and dune and sea turtle protection. The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera is the culmination of sixteen years of research drawn from local newspapers, interviews, documentaries, community histories, and several scholarly studies that have addressed parts of this region's history. From his 1950s-built family vacation cottage in Seagrove Beach, Florida, and on frequent trips to the Alabama coast, Jackson witnessed the changes that have come to the area and has recorded them in a personal, in-depth look at the history and culture of the coast. A Friends Fund Publication.
Author | : Thomas P. Ostrom |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Download The United States Coast Guard, 1790 to the Present Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Ken Smith |
Publisher | : Yeoman House |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0975467689 |
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Humorous tales from a Coast Guard sailor, during the late 1940s while serving his duty to his country.
Author | : Michael Graham |
Publisher | : Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2009-11-29 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 0446569593 |
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A wicked concoction of down-home hilarity and scathing political satire is served up in this provocative and entertaining look at the South's pervasive influence on America from one of the nation's funniest political observers.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Merchant Marine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Maritime law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : James Hooker |
Publisher | : Dorrance Publishing |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2023-11-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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After being laid off from his executive job with a California high-tech company, a man and his wife decide to leave the “rat race” and move to a tropical island on the coast of North Carolina. The culture of the island and its people are completely different from this cosmopolitan couple, who struggle to adapt to the island’s Southern, down-home, Redneck residents. From food to local traditions, the author documents his humorous journey, in a classic tale of a “clash of cultures.” What could possibly go wrong when Yankee meets Redneck? About the Author James Hooker has spent over thirty years in research and technology in California’s Silicon Valley. He is a former vice president of global sales and has travelled extensively throughout Asia Pacific, Japan, and Europe. He and his wife have been married for 21 years. After living on North Carolina’s coast for four years, they moved north, and currently live in Rhode Island, where he continues to write, with the assistance of their two cats.
Author | : Thomas M. Campbell |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2013-09-26 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 149310439X |
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From the banks of the Verdigris River in Oklahoma to Floridas Emerald Coast, this novel chronicles Steve Bronsons planned disappearance and the efforts of his wife and an insurance company investigator to prove he has not drowned.. In Florida, Steve assumes a new name and becomes both a nightclub pianist and a crewmember on a fishing boat. He meets a female singer who will add a new dimension to this family-friendly novel. Steve steps in to help senior citizens who are being victimized by a scam artist and also foils a scheme involving forged drug prescriptions. Working with law enforcement officials, Steve uncovers a plan to involve college coeds in dangerous and illegal activity, and stops physicians who are performing bogus surgery. This novel vividly portrays life along the worlds most beautiful beaches. There is adventure, romance, and a high-tiding scene you will never forget.