We Were Crewdogs II More B52 Crewdog Tales eBook Tommy Towery
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This book continues the saga of the everyday lives of B-52 Crewdogs. It is the second in the series and contains 58 new stories by 30 authors associated with the B-52 operations. It is 1/3 larger than "We Were Crewdogs - The B-52 Collection".
Included is the story by an EW who was aboard a B-52 that was shot down over New Mexico by an Air National Guard F-100, a crewmember aboard a B-52 that had a mid-air with another B-52 on a Southeast Asian bombing mission, and a Crewdog who ejected from a Guam-launched BUFF into a typhoon and was rescued by a submarine.
“A captivating look at what B-52 crews faced in the Cold War and during the Vietnam era. So many politicians and journalists - too many - like to look at military life from 35,000 feet, so they can judge it. These are the stories of the men who actually flew at 35,000 feet, and the harrowing adventures and down-to-earth humor they shared. A rare and valuable perspective.” – Bob Levey (Former Washington Post writer and radio host)
It is a 109 according to the Falcon Code (a copy of which is included in this collection).
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Introduction
Crewdogs - An Introduction – Ray Sullivan
CINCSAC on Crewdogs – Gary Henley
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Chapter 1 - Military Careers
How I Became a Crewdog - George Donald Jackson
My Story And I’m Sticking To It - Steve McCutcheon
The Career of a Civilian Crew Member - George R Dempsey
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Chapter 2 - Survival
S-V80-A “Survivor” – Tommy Towery
Shootdown – George Donald Jackson
The Seventh Confirmed Survivor - William R. “Rod” Gabel
My Nylon Let Down - George Schryer
Blood Chit – The Last Hope Of A Downed Crewmember - Arthur Craig Mizner
A Typhoon Story – Kent Dodson
Desert Survival and Rescue – Gary Henley, Dave Lay, Rich Vande Vorde
The Crash of Ash 01 - Dennis Thibodeau
Lest We Forget – Tommy Towery
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Chapter 3 - Training
Peacetime in The SAC - Rich Vande Vorde
Red Flag - Priceless- Ken Schmitz
The Secret Trip to England – Gary Henley, Dave Lay
Baby Radar in A Grown Up World – Glenn Burchard
The Elephant in The Living Room - TommyTowery
SAC Rewards Those Who Serve - Ken Schmitz
The Check Ride - Ken Schmitz
How to Bust An ORI And Come Out Looking Good – Steve McCutcheon
All Hands on Deck For Red Flag TDY – Tommy Towery
CEVG Checkride – The Flight That Was Doomed From The Start - Ken Schmitz
Carswell Crew R/E/S-09 – Gary Henley
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Chapter 4 - Cold War
A Hard Day’s Night - Bill Robinson
Operation Sea Fish - Lothar "Nick" Maier
Chrome Dome Chronicles - Lothar "Nick" Maier
From The BUFF to The Moon - Karl D. (Ned) Nedela
Reminiscences of D-Model Alert and “The Great Inquisition” - Rock Roszak
Alert Antics - Gary Henley
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Chapter 5 - Southeast Asia
U-Tapao Memories - Charles “Chuck” Talcott
B*U*F*F (Big Ugly Fat F*****) Cinnamon - Lothar "Nick" Maier
The EW Bomb Run - George Donald Jackson
The Habu Light - Arthur Craig Mizner
A True Gunner’s Story (Told by His Nav) - Bill Beavers
Once a Bomber Pilot… Always a Bomber Pilot - George W. Golding
First Paved Buffs In Combat - Dave Hofstadter
Number Two, You’re On Fire! - Jim Carter
Story of the Chili Donut, U-Tapao, 1972 - Bill Beavers
Maneuver! Maneuver! Three SAMs - Six O’clock - Closing Fast! - Arthur Craig Mizner
A Birthday Trip to Remember - Don McCrabb
Who’s Got It? - Karl D. (Ned) Nedela
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Chapter 6 - Tales
Stabilizer Trim Failure - Lothar "Nick" Maier
Pucker Factor - Vincent H. Osborne
Gunner In Hot Water - C. C. “Cease” Walker
Honey Bucket Bomber - Albert F. Spohn
A Bathroom Poet’s Dream Writing In the Buff - Vincent H. Osborne
Gunners’ Tales - Ralph Stearns
The Birth of KBUF - Dave Lay
KBUF - The Rest of The Story - Gary Henley
Harrowing Holbrook - Dave Lay
The Fixated Pilot - Dave Lay
Crewdog Sense of Humor - Glenn O. Burchard
More Gunner Memories - Harry Tolmich
The Day the IG Got A Ticket - – Gary Henley, Dave Lay, Rich Vande Vorde
The Gamblers - Gary Henley
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Chapter 7 - Bar Stories
Bar Stories
Résumés
The Contributing Authors
We Were Crewdogs II More B52 Crewdog Tales eBook Tommy Towery
I'm in the process of reading all five or six of Mr. Towery's volumes. They are entertaining and often amusing, collecting B-52 experiences from a wide variety of 'Crewdogs,' for the mid 50s though the the century change. Towery makes his own contributions here and there, but the vast majority of the articles are work submitted to him by others - the 'Crewdogs,' themselves.THe only thing that troubles me is that "Editor Towery" does not execute his responsibility as the editor. A few of the articles in the five or six volumes are extremely well written. Sadly, mostly of them are a nuddgle left of horribly written. One would think that educated USAF Officers could write a bit better. Even worse, "Editor Towery," apparently never makes any attempt to clean up or coordinate the writings of these now retired officers. The spelling errors, context errors and frequent ramblings are often enough to choke on. For Gawd's sake! If an "Editor" does not correct these kinds of errors, who will?
The tales just have to be true and I believe them. I am glad that Mr. Towery has packaged and shared them with us, but when it comes to editing, he's dropped the ball. Big Time. One article, volume III as I recall, was so Gawd awful that I could not finish it. Furthermore, Towery will apparently include anything that he finds, including more than a few duplicates.
At the end of the day, this is one more curse against the interested reader, perpretated by another "Self Published," that would not understand "EDIT" if it bit him in a tender place. THe stories and articles are wonderful, I honor the officers and EMs that ereved, but for Gawd's sake, the Editor should Edit - and clean up the individual individual author's writing. That's what EDITORS do!
Lastly, I am also slightly disturbed by the pervasive lack of comment about about officer-EM relations on SAC alert crews. While a few comments are made, both sides seem reluctant to explain the details. There are a few articles by retired NCO Gunners, but they don't say much. I'l REALLY Like to know what 5:1 relationships were REALLY like, when a B-52 crew deployed overseas and were quartered in less than ideal conditions. Did the NCO Gunners quarter and mess with the officers, or were they shunned to EM digs? Even on stateside RONs, not uncommon, were the Gunners accommodated with the rest of the crew, or parked elsewhere? For some reason, few of the included authors bother to mention this. A balanced editor would address this, no matter the facts.
I guess my reading has been disappointing. Many of the remembrances are lacking, yet still memorable. When the volumes are ebook priced at $3.99, I can live with the junk factor, but $1.99 would be better. If more appear at a higher price, I'd pass. Editors must EDIT and yes, that means correcting the obvious, glaring errors that impede reading these volumes. Sorry, but Towery is not an editor.
I truly wish that I could give the Editor/producer a higher mark, but he had not done any editing! -CG
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We Were Crewdogs II More B52 Crewdog Tales eBook Tommy Towery Reviews
I lived the life and flew with many of the authors. The memories are fabulous. It's good to relive this 35 years later.
An insightful story of a navigator who lived thru the SAC experience I know cause I lived it also and his memories awoke many thoughts in my mind....of the long days on Victor Alert....
I flew B52 D's, G's, and H's from 1974 to 1989 as a nav and a radar nav. I knew some of the people mentioned as well as some of the authors. The stories bring back many memories (good, bad, and ugly). I've been to many of the places mentioned and have had many of the same experiences. It's been a real pleasure reading these books and I highly recommend them for anybody.
Often the stories are different versions of the same thing, but the book still holds a reader and make him/her want to continue to read. That's all you need.,
Just as good as other Crew Dogs, however some of the stories ( chapters) seemed to repeats from othe volumes, I may be wrong, it just seemed that way.
The B-52 came out just before I entered the Air Force in 1955 and continues today because Boeing knew what was needed and build the right unit. I still do not understand why they have not re-engined it with the engines that were removed from the C-5's that were ungraded with new engines.
The B-52 was designed as a cold-war weapon capable of delivering a nuclear bomb deep in the heart of the "Soviet Union". Russia was an enemy of the U. S.. When the U. S. took over the war in South East Asia it fitted the B-52 with conventional bombing capability. When carpet bombing was used on the "Ho Chi Mi" trail the Soviet Union found it was no match for the American war machine. Crews of each generation of B-52 were increasingly well trained for operating every component of it. Crew Dogs set the standards of operation with the B-52D series of aircraft. They designed their flight suits in the fit and style of Starship Enterprise crew members. No mission was deemed impossible.
I'm in the process of reading all five or six of Mr. Towery's volumes. They are entertaining and often amusing, collecting B-52 experiences from a wide variety of 'Crewdogs,' for the mid 50s though the the century change. Towery makes his own contributions here and there, but the vast majority of the articles are work submitted to him by others - the 'Crewdogs,' themselves.
THe only thing that troubles me is that "Editor Towery" does not execute his responsibility as the editor. A few of the articles in the five or six volumes are extremely well written. Sadly, mostly of them are a nuddgle left of horribly written. One would think that educated USAF Officers could write a bit better. Even worse, "Editor Towery," apparently never makes any attempt to clean up or coordinate the writings of these now retired officers. The spelling errors, context errors and frequent ramblings are often enough to choke on. For Gawd's sake! If an "Editor" does not correct these kinds of errors, who will?
The tales just have to be true and I believe them. I am glad that Mr. Towery has packaged and shared them with us, but when it comes to editing, he's dropped the ball. Big Time. One article, volume III as I recall, was so Gawd awful that I could not finish it. Furthermore, Towery will apparently include anything that he finds, including more than a few duplicates.
At the end of the day, this is one more curse against the interested reader, perpretated by another "Self Published," that would not understand "EDIT" if it bit him in a tender place. THe stories and articles are wonderful, I honor the officers and EMs that ereved, but for Gawd's sake, the Editor should Edit - and clean up the individual individual author's writing. That's what EDITORS do!
Lastly, I am also slightly disturbed by the pervasive lack of comment about about officer-EM relations on SAC alert crews. While a few comments are made, both sides seem reluctant to explain the details. There are a few articles by retired NCO Gunners, but they don't say much. I'l REALLY Like to know what 51 relationships were REALLY like, when a B-52 crew deployed overseas and were quartered in less than ideal conditions. Did the NCO Gunners quarter and mess with the officers, or were they shunned to EM digs? Even on stateside RONs, not uncommon, were the Gunners accommodated with the rest of the crew, or parked elsewhere? For some reason, few of the included authors bother to mention this. A balanced editor would address this, no matter the facts.
I guess my reading has been disappointing. Many of the remembrances are lacking, yet still memorable. When the volumes are ebook priced at $3.99, I can live with the junk factor, but $1.99 would be better. If more appear at a higher price, I'd pass. Editors must EDIT and yes, that means correcting the obvious, glaring errors that impede reading these volumes. Sorry, but Towery is not an editor.
I truly wish that I could give the Editor/producer a higher mark, but he had not done any editing! -CG
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