Posted 25 August 2005
Well, I decided to go ahead and put the journal on my website. If you decide to sue me, (after picking a number), it might be best if you took a motor home to the end of the line because it's, well, ah, several hundred miles back there. Don't foget the toilet paper; seveal pallads might hold you off a while!!
***Read First: In writing this journal keep in mind I was not a writer of sort back then. English was one of seven worse subjects I hated in high school! What little I know about writing I gleaned from self-study books on fiction, but I was slow in learning this too, so keep this in mind. Also keep in mind that sometimes I wrote after having a few beers and my skull went out into left field...and never came back!!! Many thanks.
There are photos, maps, cartoons and other interesting items between some of the pages, including in-puts from various shipmates and friends who have read the journal. So...be braced for shocks, giggles and sincerity (from readers)
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I don't know how I managed to hang on to this Jouett Propulsion Guide, nor do I recall taking it off the ship. Must have been prior to a PEB inspection and I needed to know a few lines and valves beforehand, huh? So,if you need to know any engineering facts let me know and I'll look it up!!!
Three in-puts from people who have read the journal thus far:
Bill, I read your journal with a great deal of interest since I was a BT1 on Jouett and a plankowner. Even though I wasn't a BTC on Jouett, I could imagine myself in your shoes. I took many of the same steps you took including oil king, ACC shop and leading BT. Your journal is all too familiar to me. It's a good read as was your book "Black Oil Chief, USN". I am looking forward to reading "Naked Run To Morning". Keep up the good work. Jim Lechner BTCM jtlech@nelson-tel.net
"Hi, Chief. Just wanted to tell you that it is a real kick reading your diary. You very effectively capture the feel of being on deployment, especially life down in the holes and the personal feeling we all had about the loved ones we missed so much. Thanks for going to all the effort of posting it, and keeping the World's Most Capable Warship alive and well in our hearts, although she now rests 6 1/2 miles below the surface in an ocean trench off the Philippines in waters exerting 18,000 pounds per square inch on her decks."
"Chief Sneed: I have throughly enjoyed your posting the WesPac Journal. I read every page, every word! Your attitude, demeanor, and dedication makes me wish I would have had the honor and priviledge to have served with you. I will save this and any other of your postings in your "Chief Sneed Files". Keep up the good work. God bless and please stay in touch." Ex-BT Al Larivee brassmonkey1944@yahoo.com
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Will insert photos from Jouett cruise book here when I ever locate the book in storage. Thanks. Meanwhile:
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