Beatles, Books, Bombs, and Beyond
by Robert John DeLuca, 2017, Creatspace Independent Publishing Platform, North Charleston, South Carolina
This book is a great view of what it was like being a Navy ROTC student at Brown University in the turbulent mid-1960’s when the culture of the country was changing rapidly. The author captures the experiences precisely. I think the only drawback of the book is that you almost had to have been there and done that yourself to fully appreciate it. Fortunately for me, I did almost exactly thao, although I graduated three years later and opted to go into naval aviation while Bob DeLuca became a Marine officer. So the book was, for me, an in-depth reminiscence of those bygone days.
Then there was the Viet Nam War which hung over all of us. Bob served in Viet Nam while I did not and he lost two very close friends there. The book is also a tribute to those two fine men who sacrificed their lives out of duty to their country. Unfortunately, the war didn’t turn out well at all, and it is a shame that we lost them and over 58,000 others in that debacle.
This book is very well written. It’s well organized and the descriptions are well done. As I mentioned above, however, I would probably recommend it only to my fellow Brown midshipmen so that they, too, can recall those times and their own similar experiences.
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