USS Conway DDE 507: Sea Stories from 1958/59
began my career as a naval officer in the traditional manner on a small, blue—water, fighting ship. In May
100th Night
In my mind, my four years at the US Naval Academy has had a defining impression on me. As I
1957 Corvette
During Christmas vacation at home in 1956, Mom and Dad said they would make the down payment on a new
Shore Leave As A Midshipman pt II Paris
We (Al, Kevin, Jimmy, and I) talked while waiting to board the train that would take the New Jersey'
Shore Leave As A Midshipman
We were an unlikely bunch, four teenagers from different parts of the country thrown together on our first cruise as
University of Alabama and the US Naval Academy
In my eighth-grade grammar school class, we were offered a trip to Washington to see our government up close.
A Slap and Unintended Consequences
My remarkable grandmother, Mary Lee Blake Calhoun, died from cancer in 1946. As a newborn girl just after the civil
South Highland Grammar School
Like a fortress, South Highland squatted on the Southside in the foothills of Red Mountain in the urban community of
Aunt Missy and Uncle Arnold
Several days ago, we stopped at Kroger's off Champion Forest Drive to buy a few items. Coming up
A Little Respect
It was my turn. I sat down, leaned forward and snuggled around the stock. That’s when I first smelled
