Publisher's Synopsis
Because this book is a memoir it cover a wide range of of places traveled by the author, especially during his time in the US Navy where he journeyed on four journeys on four different ships. This was a segment of time of four years encompassing much of Japan, Korea and Okinawa. However, much more travel was done later via ocean cruises and river cruises in Europe. The book portrays visits to many cities and countries like Istanbul, Athens, England, Ireland, Prague, Berlin Moscow and the ring of countries surrounding the Baltic Sea and especially cities surrounding the Aegean Sea. All of these excursions have added greatly to the story told in the author's memoir. It is a read that has detailed much history of these travels by the author and provides very interesting information for anyone who might want to walk a segment this path.
