The author served in the navy for three and a half years and was assigned to destroyer duty for two and a half of those years. He traveled extensively from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean a...view moreThe author served in the navy for three and a half years and was assigned to destroyer duty for two and a half of those years. He traveled extensively from the North Atlantic to the Mediterranean and Caribbean seas. He had seen or heard about some of the incidents mentioned in this story and had invented others.view less