Barnes & Noble Sunday 28 January 2024 2:00 to 4:00 pm Fashion Island 401 Newport Center Drive Suite A Newport Beach, California 92660 949 718 0109 Warwick’s Thursday, 9 May 2024 7:30 to 10:00 pm 7812 Girard Avenue La [See More]
Somewhere in the South Pacific is featured in the Beverly Hills Weekly Magazine. Former Beverly Hills Police Chief DAVE SNOWDEN is reading “Some where in the South Pacific” by John J. Gobbell. The book is inspired by the true [See More]
This came to me in latter August, 2022. I wasn’t expecting it. But then that’s how Andrew Watts, the CEO of Severn River Publishing, works. He likes to surprise people. And this was in the tradition of the U.S. [See More]
Destroyer life isn’t always like this. But, every so often, a weather system overruns a Sailor, yanking him through a horrific maelstrom, the ship savagely bucking as she desperately seeks calmer seas. And when they do come, those night [See More]
It isn’t often we see a new modern destroyer steam past in such elegance. She is the USS McCampbell, homported in Yokosuka, Japan and in this clip, headed up the Columbia River to Portland, Oregon for modernization. The shot [See More]
U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Men’s Glee Club visits Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Newport Beach, California, singing the Navy Hymn and the Battle Hymn of the Republic. In 2017, yours truly was able to get into [See More]
On October 21, 2014, John was honored to be on This Week in America with Ric Bratton. While the radio show is yet to air, the studio recording is available right now on YouTube. Watch the video below. [See More]
Ric Bratton invited John back to his syndicated talk show this time to discuss John's previous novel, A CALL TO COLORS: a Novel of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. As always Ric was a wonderful host and offered a [See More]