Contributions to Hard Charger! are Welcome
The officers and men who served in Biddle, as well as individuals associated with Biddle or the United States Navy, are invited to contribute literary material and/or photos to this book. The following items are what we need:
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First hand accounts related to any of the following:
Design, construction, modification of the ship; precom, commissioning, decommissioning, reunions (ship wide, plankowner wardroom, plankowner engineering, or others), yard periods, how to do an unrep or land a helicopter, behind the scene accounts in ALL departments, things that went really well, things that went really wrong, humorous stories, sad stories, cruise events.
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Photos
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More contributions from commanding officers to the chapter, "This is the Captain Speaking."
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A chapter devoted to sister ships in the Belknap class.
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A examination of the contributions WWII and post WWII cruisers made to the Belknap Class and that the Belknap Class made to AEGIS destroyers and cruisers.
I reserve the right to accept and edit material at my discretion. Click "About the Book" below to learn more and then contact me or send material to me at jatreadway@gmail.com. Meanwhile....enjoy the story!
Hard Charger!
The Story of the USS Biddle (DLG/CG -34)
James A. Treadway
Rear Admiral Thomas F. Marfiak USN (Ret.)
Captain David L. Boslaugh USN (Ret.)
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Copyright © 2007 by James A. Treadway
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To the officers and men of USS Biddle (DLG/CG-34).