Valhalla : For Heroes Only

by MURPHY JOSEPH

• ISBN13: 9781401052249
• ISBN10: 140105224X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Replica Books

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note	17	(19)
Special Thanks	19	(2)
Prologue	21	(6)
PART ONE
Pensacola	27	(37)
Flight Training 20 October, 1961	27	(9)
Married quarters, Pensacola 3 November, 1961	36	(1)
Flight line, Saufley Airfield 7 November, 1961	36	(27)
Pentagon, Washington D.C. 11 December, 1961	63	(1)
The Basic School	64	(29)
Quantico, Virginia 5 January, 1962	64	(20)
Mainside Hospital, Quantico, Virginia 5 May, 1962	84	(6)
Bronx, New York 10 May, 1962	90	(2)
Quantico, Virginia 12 May, 1962	92	(1)
Carrier Quals	93	(9)
Beeville, Texas 15 May, 1962	93	(5)
Quantico, Virginia 27 June, 1962	98	(1)
Parkchester, Bronx, New York 28 June, 1962	99	(1)
Beeville, Texas 28 June 1962	100	(2)
Camp Pendleton	102	(21)
San Mateo, California 9 July, 1962	102	(4)
San Clemente, California 12 July, 1962	106	(1)
Mariel, Cuba 20 July, 1962	106	(1)
Camp Pendleton, California 21 July, 1962	107	(6)
Oceanside, California 15 July, 1962	113	(1)
Camp Pendleton, California 13 August, 1962	114	(4)
Laguna Beach, California 3 September, 1962	118	(1)
Beeville, Texas 10 September, 1962	119	(1)
Southern California 15 September, 1962	120	(1)
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 16 September, 1962	121	(2)
Cuba's Secrets	123	(8)
Playa Larga, Cuba 14 October, 1962	123	(2)
Washington D.C. 14 October, 1962	125	(1)
Bedroom, White house 9 O'clock, Tuesday morning 16 October, 1962	126	(1)
Cabinet Room, White House 11:45 a.m., Tuesday morning, 16 October, 1962	127	(2)
Modelo Prison, Cuba 16 October, 1962	129	(2)
Vietnam	131	(6)
Saigon, Vietnam 16 October, 1962	131	(6)
Mount Out	137	(15)
White House, Washington D.C. 16 October, 1962	137	(1)
Bridgeport, Connecticut Wednesday, 17 October, 1962	138	(1)
White House Thursday, 18 October, 1962	139	(1)
Cleveland, Ohio Friday, 19 October, 1962	140	(1)
San Clemente, California 19 October, 1962	140	(7)
San Diego, California 19 October, 1962	147	(3)
Beeville, Texas 20 October, 1962	150	(1)
Pacific Ocean, somewhere off the coast of Mexico 24 October, 1962	151	(1)
China Invades India	152	(4)
Chinese / Indian Border 20 October, 1962	152	(4)
PART TWO
Missiles of October	156	(4)
Press Conference Saturday morning, 20 October, 1962	156	(3)
Fort Hood, Texas, Saturday night, 20 October, 1962	159	(1)
5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade	160	(28)
Oval Room, White House Sunday night, 21 October, 1962	160	(1)
Omaha, Nebraska Monday, 22 October, 1962	161	(3)
Fort Bragg, North Carolina 23 October, 1962	164	(1)
Bronx, New York Tuesday 23 October, 1962	165	(1)
Caribbean Sea, Cuba Wednesday, 24 October, 1962	166	(1)
Bronx, New York Wednesday, 24 October, 1962	167	(3)
Caribbean sea, Cuba Thursday 25 October, 1962	170	(1)
Moscow, Russia Friday, 26 October 1962	170	(1)
Russian Embassy, Washington D.C. Saturday, 27 October, 1962	171	(1)
Panama Canal 28 October, 1962	172	(7)
White House, Washington D.C. Sunday, 28 October, 1962	179	(1)
Moscow, Russia 8 November, 1962	179	(2)
Caribbean Sea 8 November, 1962	181	(1)
Caribbean Sea, Cuba 9 November, 1962	181	(1)
Caribbean Sea, Cuba 10 November, 1962	182	(4)
Havana, Cuba 19 November, 1962	186	(2)
Show of Force	188	(18)
Vieques, Puerto Rico 21 November, 1962	188	(11)
Havana, Cuba 6 December, 1962	199	(1)
Supreme Soviet, Russia 12 December, 1962	199	(1)
San Diego, California 16 December, 1962	200	(2)
Camp Pendleton, California 17 December, 1962	202	(1)
Miami, Florida Christmas week, 1962	203	(1)
Camp Pendleton, California 14 January, 1963	204	(1)
Battalion Headquarters 23 January, 1963	204	(1)
San Clemente, California 23 January, 1963	205	(1)
Marine Barracks	206	(15)
Red Hook, Brooklyn 13 March, 1963	206	(3)
Astoria Manor, Queens 8 June, 1963	209	(6)
Marine Barracks, Brooklyn Saturday, 23 November, 1963	215	(1)
New York City, New York Sunday, 24 November, 1963	216	(1)
Washington, D.C. Monday, 25 November, 1963	217	(1)
Red Hook, Brooklyn 31 March, 1964	218	(1)
Parkchester, Bronx, New York 8, June 1964	219	(1)
Purdy Street, Bronx, New York 10 June 1964	220	(1)
Strike at the Dragon	221	(24)
Gulf of Tonkin 31 July, 1964	221	(1)
Gulf of Tonkin 2 August, 1964	222	(1)
Gulf of Tonkin 4 August, 1964	223	(1)
Davisville, Rhode Island 11 December, 1964	223	(1)
Meridian, Mississippi 14 December, 1964	224	(2)
Gulf of Tonkin 14 January, 1965	226	(1)
Gulf of Tonkin 11 February, 1965	227	(4)
Da Nang, Vietnam Morning, 8 March, 1965	231	(1)
Hainan Island, China 9 April, 1965	232	(5)
USS Ranger 9 April, 1965	237	(1)
White House, Washington D.C. 9 April, 1965	237	(1)
Qui Nhon, Vietnam 10 April, 1965	238	(1)
Meridian, Mississippi 12 April, 1965	239	(2)
Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam Spring, 1965	241	(1)
Washington D.C. 13 July, 1965	242	(1)
Parkchester, Bronx 29 July, 1965	242	(1)
USS Betelguese, FPO, New York 22 December, 1967	243	(2)
The Riverines	245	(8)
Hue, Vietnam 30 January, 1968	245	(2)
Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam Coastal Squadron One 14 March, 1968	247	(1)
Ben Goi Bay, Vietnam 22 April, 1968	247	(1)
Mui Yen inlet, Vietnam 5 July, 1968	248	(5)
PART THREE
Ride of the Valkries	253	(5)
Brooklyn, New York 6 July, 1968	253	(2)
Bronx, New York 9 August, 1968	255	(1)
San Francisco, California 18 February 1969	256	(2)
The Collapse of the Soviet Union	258	(3)
Berlin, Germany Spring, 1991	258	(1)
Brooklyn, New York 15 September, 1991	259	(1)
Fairfield, Connecticut 4 July, 2000	259	(2)
Epilogue	261	(4)
Glossary of Marine Corps Navy Terms	265	(2)
Selected Bibliography	267	(4)
Periodicals	269	(1)
Tapes	269	(2)
Appendix A	271	(8)
Citation THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY	279	(2)
Citation	280	(1)
Citation THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY	281	(2)
Citation	282	(1)
Endnotes	283	(6)
Index	289