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The recollections of growing up in rural Montana during the Great Depression and finding safe harbour as an office in the US Navy.
About the Author: In 1946 Keith graduated from the University of Texas NROTC Unit with a commission in the Navy. Later in his career he would earn master's degrees in Physics (Naval Postgraduate School) & International Affairs (George Washington University) & serve as the Co-Chairman of the Physics Department at the Naval Academy. During his 29-year Naval career, Keith served aboard ships as Navigator, First Lieutenant, & Chief Engineer, then as Commanding Officer of three different ships. Although a normal tour is twelve months, in recognition of his success in command of a destroyer, he was awarded a "bonus tour" of 27-months as Commander of a five-ship destroyer escort squadron (CORTRON TEN). During that time he flew his Broad Command pennant from at least ten different ships, including at least one from each of the three classes of DE's (destroyer escorts) in the Navy, two DD's (destroyers) and one DLG (guided missile frigate). One of the most interesting events as C.O. was the transportation of 700 wives and children of service members, twelve cars, 200 tons of household goods, 41 dogs and 13 cats to Athens, Greece in 1972 while in command of the USS Puget Sound. (Never one to miss a scenic view, Keith generously allowed the uppermost deck - normally accessible only to the C.O. and X.O.-to be used for sun-bathing.) This was followed by thirty days in Athens providing maintenance and supply assistance to every ship of the U.S. Sixth Fleet as well as to nearly all units of the Hellenic Navy. After retiring from the Navy in 1975 he held a wide variety of engineering and management positions including two years in Saudi Arabia where he established and became the first General Manager of the Royal Saudi Navy Ship System Support & Research Center. He retired from these endeavors in 1996 & since then has done exhaustive genealogical research. His autobiography, "Escape To Security" was published in 2003. His first wife, Charlotte R. Jones, of 48+ years passed away in early 1997. He is currently married to the former Isabelle L. Overlock. They live in Virginia Beach, Virginia.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781449549893
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1449549896
  • Publisher Date: 31 Oct 2009
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 266
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 517 gr

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