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 [...]
(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 [...]
(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, [...]
(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 [...]