Yep. Every bit of it resonates with me. I am at the editing stage of memoir I’ll send to the U.S. Naval Institue titled The Foul Weather Jacket. The jacket has 23 patches covering my three and a half years on active duty, mostly with the Riverine Navy on an LST, but with four months attached to an ARG that deployed from the west coast, and a year at Assault Craft Unit One.
It would be great to be able to read it when you finish. You can really capture so much in just a few words Respect!