Download or read book From Vietnam to the Arctic Circle written by Jack Whitehouse and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-06-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a U.S. Navy officer, Jack Whitehouse served aboard a World War II-era destroyer at the peak of the Vietnam War, ran special operations on a patrol gunboat out of Guantanamo Bay following the Cuban Missile Crisis and deployed with the Royal Norwegian Navy to counter Soviet threats north of the Arctic Circle. His detailed memoir recounts American efforts to win the Cold War from the perspective of a young lieutenant on the front lines 1964-1975 and the personal struggles and perseverance of sailors fighting an existential enemy at sea.