After a bit of summer reading...some P.T. Deutermann novels...the latest of which was "Pacific Glory"...focusing mainly on the destroyer actions during the battle off Samar, I kind of got a bug in my ass about small-boy actions in WWII. Currently binge-watching the best movies that I know of..."The Cruel Sea", "The Enemy Below" and "Greyhound". Are there others?
I also wonder if today's "Tin Can Sailors"...e,g., today's CRUDES SWOs...understand and appreciate the legacy that is theirs to continue and uphold. Any SWOs here who can comment? I know (or at least think) that AEGIS and TLAM dominate all thinking ...but it there an appreciation of the small-boy legacy of taking it in-close to the enemy when the chips are truly down?
I also wonder if today's "Tin Can Sailors"...e,g., today's CRUDES SWOs...understand and appreciate the legacy that is theirs to continue and uphold. Any SWOs here who can comment? I know (or at least think) that AEGIS and TLAM dominate all thinking ...but it there an appreciation of the small-boy legacy of taking it in-close to the enemy when the chips are truly down?