Submarine Stories A Library of Congress special presentation:"Working and living in a confined space beneath the ocean (and sometimes the Arctic polar cap) demands a special kind of person. The Navy's submariners are all volunteers, carefully tested and screened and able to perform any job aboard, including steering the massive boat. During World War II, U.S. submarines sank more Japanese ships than did U.S. surface vessels and planes, but at a high cost: a twenty percent casualty rate. In the Cold War, nuclear submarines prowled the oceans, gathering intelligence or poised to launch a missile on command."Click on the link...http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-submarines.html

Submarine Stories World War II: A Library of Congress special presentation:"Working and living in a confined space beneath the ocean (and sometimes the Arctic polar cap) demands a special kind of person. The Navy's submariners are all volunteers, carefully tested and screened and able to perform any job aboard, including steering the massive boat. During World War II, U.S. submarines sank more Japanese ships than did U.S. surface vessels and planes, but at a high cost: a twenty percent casualty rate. In the Cold War, nuclear submarines prowled the oceans, gathering intelligence or poised to launch a missile on command."Click on the link...http://www.loc.gov/vets/stories/ex-war-submarines.html

USS RECRUIT TRAINING VESSEL: I went to Boot Camp in San Diego about 1963. Brings back a lot of memories. Ahoy, Sailors and Guest Members... Here is a link to a series of images taken in San Diego , California in the late 1950s or early 1960s showing the U. S. Navy recruit training. You can see Preble Field, the USS RECRUIT training vessel, and the whole recruit training experience. http://oldbluejacket.com/inthenavynow.htm

NavyTV telling the story of the Navy men and women to the world at http:www.navytv.org and two submarine websites http://www.subvetpaul.com and http://ww.ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Check the website of Military Writers Society of America's President Tony Lazzarini, at http://www.tlazz.com. You will find a writer with many different interest, from the book he has published on his helicopter experiences in Vietnam, a children's play and collecting cars. He is also a member of the Left Coast Writers and American Authors Association.