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my copy was autographed by the author while we sat down to have a cup of coffee, the third time I had the pleasure of meeting and talking to RADM O’Kane
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Okay, now I officially hate you. 
Not really, of course, but envy is the next best thing.
At the 2008 Subsim Meet in Houston I got to sit next to Captain Zeb Alford at lunch, and he actually listened to my sea stories!
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...0&postcount=68
(Scroll down to the very short part labelled "Lunch")
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Now, having said that, if you're "in extremis" in a tactical situation, you throw the book away and improvise as needed to carry out the mission (and survive!).
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Best advice I've heard all day.
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Hey SS...I knew the Brinkley Bass...one of my old shipmates did his Mid'n 1st Cl. cruise in DD-887 during the summer of 1970 and she participated in a few exercises in the NW and Hawaiian OP Areas in the early 70's. Not a really "small world" situation, but we're certainly within three degrees of separation!
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Cool! I was aboard during that period. What's his name? I might have known him. Or not- I got out in December. We came back from Vietnam in July and spent the rest of the year doing a major overhaul, with a couple of training excercises thrown in.