“This narrative is excellent. Well written, nicely paced, and historically accurate. I served aboard the same type Destroyer, at the same time in the same place and Mr. Jewell brings it all back. It was a different time and this book represents that time as few other books have.”

— Amazon review

“This should be a must-read for USN veterans and, I think, the greater audience of readers of military genre.”

— Military Writers Society of America

“ … an engrossing and informative read. I encourage everybody to take the journey.”

— Amazon review

“This was an interesting look at a rarely illuminated corner of American military history: the enlisted sailor’s experience in the last, anticlimactic days of the Vietnam War and the draft.” — Goodreads review