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05-10-14, 03:30 PM | #1 | |
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Meet the new Navy NeRD
I contacted the company that makes the Navy's new e-reader to discuss setting up some kind of donation system where Subsim enthusiasts could help add titles to their library, sort of like a care package, for active Navy personnel. The current version is so secure, it comes with a fixed number of title (300). But, the company rep I spoke with said that might change in the next version. I offered to donate the Submarine Almanacs Vols I & II for their use, and hopefully they will allow the expansion for additional titles such as Das Boot, Wahoo, Run Silent, Run Deep and other naval titles.
I also suggested exploring the donation of more NeRD tablets paid for by civilians and groups. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/08/tech/g...nerd-e-reader/ Quote:
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05-10-14, 03:44 PM | #2 |
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Subsim almanac 2007 for the win.
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05-11-14, 05:25 AM | #3 |
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Great idea Neal
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05-11-14, 05:35 AM | #4 |
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Great stuff. Getting behind this.
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05-11-14, 11:30 AM | #5 |
Born to Run Silent
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How about suggestions for Submarine/Naval books that we could also help get on the next edition of the NeRD?
I suggested: Nonfiction U-boat titles: Das Boot - Lothar-Günther Buchheim Iron Coffins - Herbert A. Werner Teddy Suhren, Ace of Aces: Memoirs of a U-Boat Rebel - Teddy Suhren U-boat Commander: A Periscope View of the Battle of the Atlantic - Peter Cremer US Pacific submarines: Clear the Bridge! The War Patrols of the USS Tang - Richard O’Kane Wahoo: The Patrols of America's Most Famous World War II submarine - Richard O’Kane Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder - Michael Sturma War in the Boats , My WW II Submarine Battles - Capt. William J. Ruhe Submarine Commander , A story of WW II and Korea - Paul R. Schratz Compilations United States Submarines by David R. Hinkle Submarine Almanac Vol I & II – Subsim The Navy - W.J. Holland Fiction: Run Silent, Run Deep – Ned Beach The Hunt for Red October – Tom Clancy Voyage of the Devilfish - Michael DiMercurio To Kill the Potemkin - Mark Joseph I also told them I own the copyright to both Submarine Almanac Vol I & II books, and I would be glad to donate their use for the NeRD tablets to be used aboard US naval vessels.
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05-11-14, 12:06 PM | #6 |
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How about the Clay Blair books Hitler's U-boat War vols 1 and 2 and Silent Victory?
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05-11-14, 12:15 PM | #7 |
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How is it that we never came up with this idea?
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05-11-14, 12:37 PM | #8 |
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WW II & Submarines:
Edward L. Beach, "Run Silent, Run Deep" James Calvert, "Silent Running" Eugene Fluckey, "Thunder Below!" Pearl Harbor attack: Bill McWilliams, "Sunday In Hell: Pearl Harbor Minute By Minute" If open to classics of literature, the sky is the limit... Submariners that I have met seem to enjoy reading so many things other than submarines, including poetry. This project is a great idea : ) Last edited by aanker; 05-11-14 at 01:52 PM. |
05-11-14, 01:35 PM | #9 |
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I find it kinda funny it took them this long to come up with a low tech e-reader lol. I think it was a great idea to contact the manufacturer of the device and offer up title suggestions as well as your submarine almanacs.
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05-11-14, 01:59 PM | #10 | |
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05-11-14, 02:41 PM | #11 |
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I liked Rites of War by C.A. Mobley and you can't forget Blind Man's Bluff (still haven't read more than 3 chapters though)
I really really liked War in the Boats: My WW2 Submarine Battles so I'll second that suggestion....and there's always Red Storm Rising....
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05-11-14, 02:49 PM | #12 |
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I would suggest the Hornblower series by C.S.Foster
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05-11-14, 03:20 PM | #13 | |
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05-11-14, 07:53 PM | #14 |
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Very good idea! And the Master & Commander series.
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05-12-14, 01:06 AM | #15 |
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