Black Sea Affair

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Special thanks to United States Army veteran Jack Miller of La Mesa, California, and United States Air Force veteran Keith Kinlaw of Charlotte, North Carolina, for their military technical assistance.

And special thanks to Ms. Julie Haack Kral of Charlotte, North Carolina, and United States Army veteran Jack Miller of La Mesa, California, for their superb editorial assistance.

"Any man who may be asked in this century what he did

to make his life worthwhile, can respond with a good deal of pride

and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.' "

President John F. Kennedy

Speech to the new plebe class

United States Naval Academy

August 1, 1963