Sea Legs

by Gillcrist, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780595145621
• ISBN10: 0595145620
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Iuniverse Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
The Training Years	p. 1
Billy and the Buffing Machines	p. 3
Dead Horse	p. 11
The Program	p. 17
Redeye Flight	p. 24
Cannonball	p. 30
U.S.S. Oriskany (CVA-34)	p. 35
Sockbag Blue	p. 37
Double Exposure	p. 44
Officer of the Deck	p. 50
Ghost Ship	p. 55
El Centro	p. 63
Dart Snatch	p. 65
The Wetbacks	p. 73
Fort Zinderneuf	p. 77
Busted	p. 81
Never Say, "Never"	p. 88
The Wedding Ring	p. 95
The Honorary Mayor of Seeley	p. 100
Oso Negro	p. 106
Patuxent River	p. 117
The Roaring Tiventies	p. 119
"Butch"	p. 131
"Bloody Good Show"	p. 137
Whipsawed	p. 143
"For the Lack of a Nail"	p. 147
Air Defense Identification Zone	p. 155
Rocks and Shoals	p. 162
Keystone Kops	p. 176
The Zipper	p. 181
Ziggurat	p. 186
Back To The Fleet	p. 191
The Expert Witness	p. 193
Country Boy	p. 201
Dragon Lady	p. 208
Whistle Check	p. 213
The Marlboro Man	p. 223
U.S.S. Shangri La	p. 229
Jacobs Ladder	p. 233
"Bolter, Bolter."	p. 240
McCalla Field	p. 246
The Escape	p. 252
The Seven Mile High Club	p. 258
Sermon On The Ramp	p. 263
The Tonkin Gulf	p. 269
The Malingerers	p. 273
Kissing Cousins	p. 278
Fort Fumble	p. 285
VCX	p. 287
Nanaimo	p. 293
Perspectives	p. 297
Fitfud	p. 303
In The Navy	p. 305
Fur Ball	p. 311
The Vulture	p. 316
Lumpshevak	p. 321
Chutzpah	p. 327
Curtain Call	p. 333
The Acid Test	p. 335
"Susanville"	p. 343
Feet Of Clay	p. 356
Epilogue	p. 363
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