Preble Hall

Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen begins the first part in a series of interviews with historians Tyler Pitrof and John Sherwood of the Naval History and Heritage Command

Dr. Stephen Phillips interviews CDR David Bruhn, USN-Ret,to discuss his book, "On the Gunline: U.S. Navy and Royal Austrailian Navy Warships off Vietnam, 1965-1973." Bruhn relays how navy surface ships interdicted North Vietnamese logistics and supported U.S. Marines and soldiers ashore with gunfire support. Topics include the major operations such as Operation Market Time and Sea Dragon, the actions of participating ships like USS St Paul, USS New Jersey, USS Carronade, and USS Epperson, and details of North Vietnamese helicopter attacks on Navy patrol craft.

CDR David Bruhn's website: http://davidbruhn.com/

CDR David Bruhn's email: [email protected]

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Kevin Grubbs is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi.  His dissertation, entitled “Forgotten Goods: Sailors, Caribbean Trade, and National Boundaries in the Late Nineteenth Century,” analyzes the impact of sailors on the development of community and capitalism along the Gulf Coast.  He has also been published in the Journal of Mississippi History on runaway slaves and the interstate slave trade.  Previous conference papers include “No Other Means of Prevention: Smuggling and Caribbean Relations in the Postbellum South” and “Crime on the Margin: The Limits of Authority in Caribbean Port Cities.”