U.S. Naval Undersea Museum Store & Foundation is now carrying Mary Nida Smith’s Heroes Beneath the Waves – Submarine Stories of the 20^th Century!

Below Decks Log USS Sea Fox (SS-402) Association Newsletter Winter 2018 Edition – Copied from Sea Fox get-together report. Silverdale, WA Oct 2017

“Jerry arranged for us to have a guided tour of the Naval Undersea Museum, which was so chock full of information and items from submarines that we couldn’t fit it all in with the few hours we had there. In the gift shop at the museum, Jerry Foss and Joel Greenberg had authored a section in a submarine book titled: Heroes Beneath the Waves so we bought copies and had Jerry autograph them for us. I can’t thank Editor Joel M. Greenberg enough for all the support he and the Sea Fox members have provided for Heroes Beneath the Waves.” www.navalunderseamuseum.org

The unbelievable stories of the heroic men who sailed under the sea.

In Heroes Beneath the Waves, many brave men who rode submarines to great depths and across the oceans into unknown territory share their experiences, fears, and thoughts. They allow us to travel back in time through their memories. Trained for years to keep silent — for “loose lips sink ships” — many still believe what they know to be classified and refuse to disclose even the minutest of recollections. Others, however, want to leave a legacy of reminiscences for people to learn and live by, to know that freedom is not free.

Heroes Beneath the Waves is about teenage boys who left farms, small towns, and inner cities to defend the United States and democracy worldwide. Signing up for United States Navy submarine duty was an adventure of a lifetime during the early 1940s. Dreams of torpedoing Japanese and German ships and subs consumed their thoughts. Those who returned home as young men were older and wiser. Heroes Beneath the Waves was written to honor these men—gallant heroes—who served and are serving today on submarines.

Mary and Chief Melvin T. Smith, STC (SS)USN-RET who served aboard the USS Snapper (SS-185), USS Quillback (SS-424), USS Sea Leopard (SS-484),USS Sennet (SS-408), and the USS Sea Fox (SS-402)

As the wife of a submariner, Mary Nida Smith lived through many troubled day. Her husband, Melvin T, Smith, was one of these honorable men. He is a lifetime member of the USS Submarine Veterans Inc., (Holland Club) and the Vice Commander of the USS Submarine Veterans Base, Mountain Home, Arkansas and also former member of the Idaho Spuds-USS Submarine Veterans of WWII and the Northwest Regions/Idaho/Montana/Oregon/Washington. Through it all, she stuck by him—and wrote. Mary Nida Smith, author, freelance writer, poet and photographer has lived in several states, submitting and publishing in local magazines and newspapers.

Author of the Havah Gitterman series — Please Kaddish For Me, From Silt and Ashes, As One Must, One Can, and the forthcoming coffee table companion book, A Stone for the Journey — will be signing the first three and speaking on their conception and births. A story that will stay with you forever, from the very beginning, Havah will harness your heartstrings and never let them go.

And, you, too, are able to have a portrait by Rochelle. Simply send her a photo and she will give you a quote (11 x 14 is typically $100 w/o frame). A priceless, cherished gift for any reason! Check out her works Rochelle’s Art Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Art and Blogs Portraits by Commission  runshell@gmail.com

Bracha Goetz is interviewed by Jewish Values Online – Multi Jewish Perspectives on Morals and Values about her memoir, Searching for God in the Garbage

http://jewishvaluescenter.org/jvoblog/searching
Bracha Goetz, author of 36 books to help children’s souls shine:  http://www.amazon.com/author/spiritualkidsbooks-brachagoetz

Carl Watson, author of Kid Clay, will be doing a book signing at Fox Run Estates in Arlington, Texas (2315 Little Rd, Arlington, TX 76016 (817) 533-4927) January 16th at 3:00 pm. Public is welcome! Come get an autographed copy of Kid Clay, a historical, western, adventure novel for middle graders based on his grandfather’s memoirs in which he describes his experiences as a teen cowboy during the time of the National Cattle Trail from 1880 to 1887.

All young boys dream about being a cowboy, driving herds of cattle across the prairies, and chasing Indians. Henry Clay (Kid Clay), the fifteen-year-old son of a Kentucky judge, is no different, but he gets a lot more than he bargained for… typhoid, rustlers, stampedes, Buffalo Bill, and bank robbers.

Kid Clay has the determination and bravery he needs to survive, but as he makes his way along the trail, he discovers that the West is beginning to change. That’s when he makes a momentous decision that will affect the rest of his life.

Carl Watson                                                                                    The real Kid Clay

Listen to great Talk Radio WTKF107 interview with Judge Douglas McCullough, author of Sea of Greed!

SPY CON March 31 – April 1, 2018 Atlanta, GA  http://spy-con.com/ Atlanta Marriot Alpharetta, Georgia – Jeanie will be attending with John L. Flynn, author of Everything I Know About Life I Learned from James Bond and Future Prime: Top Ten Science Fiction Films (published by Library Tales Publishing and co-authored with Bob Blackwood), Intimate Bondage, Architects of Armageddon, Murder on Air Force One, Terror at G-20, and Merchants of Death (2018) published by Argus Publishing.

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August 31-September 3, 2018 Red Sneaker Writer’s Conference, Oklahoma City  www.redsneakerconf.com

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October 14, 2018 Permian Basin Writers Workshop in Midland, Texas.  www.permianbasinwritersworkshop.com PermianBasinWritersWorkshop@gmail.com

James Garrison’s creative nonfiction story, “Looking for Gary Cheers,” has just been published online in The Manhattanville Review literary magazine. http://www.themvillereview.com/new-page-2 It relates in part to the Vietnam War era and his experiences pre- and post-Vietnam and thus to his novel, QL 4.

UFOs and the Pentagon’s $22-million-a-year secret government study.

Yesterday, Fox News had the best coverage referring to a hidden government conspiracy akin to the secret Military Industrial Complex Eisenhower spoke about. Murder on Air Force One by John L. Flynn had it right long before the news coverage. In the novel, General Goodine reveals to Kate Dawson that a secret government agency, part of the Pentagon, has been studying UFOs since the 1947 crash at Roswell. We learned yesterday that the Pentagon has been spending lots of money as part of a secret project to study UFOs. Flynn’s book speculated about that long before it reached national news.

“My newest book, Murder on Air Force One revealed a Pentagon conspiracy, worth billions to the Military-Industrial-Complex, to hide its study of UFOs. Now we learn that Harry Reid was actually funneling as much as $22 million a year to the Pentagon to keep its secret, known only to an elite few, from the American public. I wrote my book as fiction a couple of years ago. and it was published this year. Another example of fiction becoming fact. How much longer are the American people going to put up with government lies about Area 51 and the Roswell crash of 1947? The “truth” is not out there but in my book, Murder on Air Force One.”

Murder on Air Force One by John L. Flynn is available on Amazon and all other major outlets. To read more about what transpired in D.C., see below links. Fact and fiction, a fine line…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/16/pentagon-secretly-set-up-program-to-investigate-ufos-at-harry-reids-urging-reports-say.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html

http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/pentagon-confirms-they-ve-been-investigating-ufos-releases-video-1119371843575

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/pentagon-ufo-search-harry-reid-216111

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1TCrs8GZDk