JACK'S CONFESSIONS

JACK'S CONFESSIONS

Updated Thursday, March 01, 2001

Boot Camp 1948 - An Introduction to the Coast Guard by Jack Eckert - [2689 words] - Fifty years ago an immature 17 year old boy joined the Coast Guard.
Merrimac River Lifeboat Station by Jack Eckert - [2249 words] - 1949. The real "Old Guard" as seen through the eyes of an immature 17 year old.
Portsmouth Harbor Lifeboat Station by Jack Eckert - [1203 words] - 1949-50 - The misadventures continue.
USCGC McCulloch by Jack Eckert - [2302 words] A young sailor is baptized into the ways of the sea.
Ever Gone, Never Clean, Evergreen by Jack Eckert - [2202 words] -Like a man condemned I walked across the dock with my seabag on my back....
The "Dirty Freddy by Jack Eckert - [1552 words] - A strange end to a fledgling Coast Guard career.
Pilot Island - 1955 - by Jack Eckert - [2000 words] - A slice of lighthouse life. - With a 1999 postscript.
Milwaukee Breakwater Light Station - Circa 1956 - by Jack Eckert - [1600 words] - Another slice.
Hard Times And Good Times by Jack Eckert - [2440 words] - A sea story about a sudden mid winter transfer and how a fledgling family survived it.
The Job I Really Liked by Jack Eckert -[1307 words] - When I was station engineman on Sturgeon Bay Canal Station.
O.C.S. By Jack. Eckert – [4000 words] - A bit over the halfway point of my projected 20-year career I made a stab at becoming an officer. To become an officer I had to first jump through all of the hoops.