From Vietnam to the Arctic Circle: Memoir of a Naval Officer in the Cold War

by Jack Whitehouse

Overview

As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol gunboat out of Guantanamo Bay following the Cuban Missile Crisis and deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy to counter Soviet threats north of the Arctic Circle. His detailed memoir recounts American efforts to win the Cold War from the perspective of a young lieutenant on the front lines 1964-1975 and the personal struggles and perseverance of sailors fighting an existential enemy at sea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476646596
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	06/17/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	267
Sales rank:	477,577
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

From 1968 to 1970 Jack Whitehouse served aboard the U.S.S Buck (DD-761) for two deployments to Vietnam. In 1971 he became the executive officer and then the commanding officer of the U.S.S. Chehalis (PG-94) sailing out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following a year of language training, Jack became the first U.S. Navy exchange officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy. From 1973 to 1975 he sailed aboard Norwegian frigates, patrol boats and a submarine north of the Arctic Circle. In 1976 he joined the CIA, serving abroad for most of his career. In 2010, he won the first-place award from the Press Club of Long Island for his regular column in the Fire Island Tide. In 2011 the town of Islip presented him with the Carl A. Starace History Award for his research and authorship on Islip town subjects. He has written four previous books and numerous pieces for a variety of publications. He lives in Sayville, New York.
From 1968 to 1970 Jack Whitehouse served aboard the U.S.S Buck (DD-761) for two deployments to Vietnam. In 1971 he became the Executive Officer and for a time the Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. Chehalis (PG-94) sailing out to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following a year of language training, Jack became the first U.S. Navy exchange officer with the Royal Norwegian Navy. From 1973 to 1975 he sailed aboard Norwegian frigates, patrol boats and a submarine north of the Arctic Circle. In 1976 he joined the CIA, serving abroad for most of his career. In 2010, he won the first-place award from the Press Club of Long Island for his regular column in the Fire Island Tide. In 2011 Islip town supervisor Phil Nolan presented him with the town's Carl A. Starace History Award for his research and authorship on Islip town subjects. He has written numerous pieces for the Fire Island Tide, as well as other local periodicals. He lives in Sayville, New York.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Vietnam Vet by Elaine Kiesling Whitehouse
Preface
Introduction
1. Why Join the Navy?
2. A Life Changing Event
3. Midshipman Tough
4. Catastrophes of 1968
5. Graduate, Marry and Join the Fleet
6. Classmates Lost
7. Deployment to Westpac
8. Driving Ships and Yankee Station
9. Ensign John Norton and the Evans
10. DASH Ops and Bangkok
11. Naval Gunfire Support and the Rodent Incident
12. Hong Kong Mary, the China Fleet Club, and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
13. A Possible Kraken and Okinawa Legacy
14. Wardroom Changes and Another Friend Lost
15. Back to Vietnam
16. Subic Bay and Olongapo
17. Saving John Wayne and the Fight
18. Project 100,000 and Typhoon Joan
19. Homeward Bound
20. Patrol Gunboats
21. East Coast Here We Come
22. Guantanamo Bay
23. The Loss of a Best Friend
24. Getting to Norway
25. Welcome to the Norwegian Navy
26. Deploying to the Arctic
27. Life in the Far North
28. The Lost Ship
29. Not Visiting Leningrad
30. The Shetlands, Back North, Sailing Subs
31. The Sami
32. The Turn
33. Riding Norwegian Gunboats
34. A Change of Course
Appendix: Soviet Socialism and Its Influences Today
Author’s Service Record
Bibliography
Index

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