Victory at Sea is probably what pushed me over the edge in deciding to enlist in a Navy officer program. This was during Vietnam and before the lottery, so as I finished college I could wait for the draft or listen to the music in my head and remember what I had seen. I was homeported out of Yokosuka and probably spent the better part of a year in Vietnam and over a year at sea.
We fought the Vietnam war with a lot of WW II ship, so I saw and operated with CA’s, DD’s, LFR’s, LST’s, and so many other acronyms.
Nearly every time I took over the bridge watch I would hear Richard Roger’s theme.
God bless you for your service during Vietnam. I knew many who served in that war, some of whom came back as different people. I didn’t lose anyone close but was close with people who did. So grateful to you and the others.