WHAT GOES AROUND, COMES AROUND
People ask how many books I've published. "Eleven," I say. "Whew," they respond "What a grind. What keeps you going?" Well, there are a number of things I enjoy about what I do. But there is one that was unexpected [See More]
At Danger’s Ebb When vigilance sleeps. Beware my friend, Thine enemy creeps.
Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel At Danger’s Ebb When vigilance sleeps. Beware my friend, Thine enemy creeps. Born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel in 1883, Coco Chanel was one of seven children raised in Saumur, France. Her father was a street vendor, [See More]
SURRENDER AT TOKYO BAY by John Gobbell
September 01, 2006 At a little after two o'clock, General Douglas A. MacArthur's four-engine C-54, aptly named Bataan, landed and bounced to a stop in a cloud of dust. The General descended the ramp, smiling and waving, his corn-cob pipe [See More]
How a Fletcher Class Destroyer Became a DDG Overnight By John J. Gobbell
(Reprinted with permission from the fall, 2007 issue of Tin Can Sailor) February, 1962 U.S.S. Tingey (DD 539) Somewhere near the coast of Honshu, Japan Tingey, a 2,100 ton Fletcher class destroyer rolled easily in the calm Pacific under a [See More]
ON BROTHERLY LOVE by John J. Gobbell
(As printed in the Fall 1995 issue of THE SCROLL of Phi Delta Theta.) Orson Welles as Harry Lime in The Third ManVice Admiral John S. "Slew" McCain In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, [See More]
SOSUS AND CONNECTING THE DOTS by John J. Gobbell
(As printed in the Spring 2019 issue of Tin Can Sailors, magazine.) I marvel at the way this was revealed to me. I marvel at the way our Navy works without tipping its hand. The first of several dots connecting [See More]