This is a 51 year look back at Russ Marshall's 4 years service in the U.S. Navy. From boot camp to duty stations in Florida, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Puerto Rico where he served as a Navy photographer. He was there during the Cuban Missile Crisis There are a lot of photos in this 212 pg book -- more than 200 mostly taken by Russ . Many are work related and many others show the lighter side of a bunch of 2o year old photographer sailors partying in the lab, on the beach, at USO events and on liberty trips to Jamaica, Haiti and San Juan. Russ also shares several letters between himself and his mother describing his experiences --- on the job but not his more interesting liberty trips.