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Old 09-13-12, 01:50 PM   #13
Kaye T. Bai
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Originally Posted by GinoC View Post
I remember reading it over 20 years ago and it was OK. I remember thinking the author had some very naive and utopian ideas about mixed gender relations at sea. There was something about how there were no intimate relations going on because that would be unprofessional. Now that's a howler.
Well, you gotta cut him some slack; the book was written almost thirty years ago and the author was an old-fashioned WWII naval officer.
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