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Just a Sailor - A Navy Diver's Story of Photography, Salvage, and Combat

By: Bantam Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Bantam Books)

Last Stocked on 9/24/2020

Product Info

Title
Just a Sailor - A Navy Diver's Story of Photography, Salvage, and Combat
Publisher
Category
Author
Steven Waterman
Publish Year
2000
Pages
284
Dimensions
4x7x.75"
NKG Part #
2147480067
Type
Softcover

Description

When Steve Waterman left home in 1964, he was looking for the most exciting job the U.S. Navy had to offer. So Waterman became an underwater photographer, joining an elite group that numbered only fifteen men in the entire navy--men always on call for unusual and interesting assignments.

Yet it was the time Waterman spent in Vietnam with Underwater Demolition Team-13 that deserves special respect. Existing in a state of adrenaline driven alertness, UDT-13 men carried out their harrowing missions. Stealthily, silently they crept through Vietnam's waterways, never knowing if the next bend in the river concealed VC patiently waiting to spring a fiery, murderous ambush.

Employing the wit and unvarnished honesty that got him into trouble more than once during his thirteen years in the navy, Waterman unfolds a compelling tale of an ordinary sailor who chose to serve his country during one of the most controversial, challenging times in its history.