Where are your Sea Stories? Buried in the bottom of your old sea bag? Time to get them out, dust them off, polish them up a little, and get them posted, before your kids pack you off to the nursing home and take away your internet!
I know that everyone has got some great sea stories, but so far our contributors have been primarily from the early eighties. Nothing wrong with that, but all of us want to hear your little gem, and there are a lot more years that we haven't yet heard from!
I'd personally like to capture your Sea Stories as part of the living history of the USS William H. Bates. As far as I know, there has never been an effort to document the personal history of a crew of the Silent Service, and our stories have a place in history that is probably without equal. Add the convenience of this website and we have a great opportunity to make sure our contributions to the Cold War take their rightful place.
I know the website can be a little intimidating, so if that's what's holding you back, then capture your sea story in Microsoft Word or some similar word processing document, and email it to me. If word processing is too overwhelming, get your kids to type it up as you dictate. You'll have a wonderful bonding moment with your offspring, and we benefit from your story. If your kids have already told you to pack sand, and Lord knows, we probably deserve it, then grab a legal pad, and use the old-fashioned Mark One Mod Zero writing stick to scribble out your thoughts and mail them to me.
You don't even have to be a great writer. Normally with a Sea Story I only proof and edit before posting, but with your permission, I would be glad to enhance and embellish your story to move it from being merely good to extraordinary. Hey, after all, it's a Sea Story! Then I'll post it with your name as the author. Imagine that! Fame, glory, and honor, along with all the benefits and privileges of authorship. The world will be yours!
So upend your old sea bag, and scatter those old Sea Stories on the deck, pick out the good ones, and send them our way.
I look forward to hearing from you!
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