The Honorable Way

Life Lessons Aboard a Destroyer in the Western Pacific, 1963

Edmonds Prufrock Mackey

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English

Story Scribe Books
31 October 2023

Autobiography: historical, political & military; Memoirs; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Military history; Vietnam War

After his graduation from Princeton University and Naval Officer Candidate School, Bud Mackey finds himself aboard the USS Chevalier (DD 805) in the early days of the Vietnam War as the ship powers its way across the Pacific toward the Gulf of Tonkin. Along the journey, he contemplates major events of WWII, writes poetry about his experience, and journals about the people and places he encounters.

In this memoir, based on old journals and logbooks, Mackey shares his trenchant and often humorous descriptions of life on the high seas and in port. ""We had the experience but missed the meaning,"" he writes. Ultimately, this is his attempt to glean insight from those long-ago days.

By: Edmonds Prufrock Mackey
Imprint: Story Scribe Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 281g
ISBN: 9798986359748
Pages: 188
Publication Date: 31 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Edmonds ""Bud"" Prufrock Mackey was born in Columbus, Ohio, attended Saint Paul Academy in St. Paul, Minnesota and New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, and graduated from Princeton University in 1961. After completing Naval Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island, he served on West Coast destroyers home ported in San Diego, California. From May till November 1963, his ship, the USS Chevalier (DD 805), was deployed to the western Pacific and the Gulf of Tonkin. Mackey is a resident of Kansas City and the author of Princess of the Mockingbird, an Illustrated Fable.