Introduction -- Background / family -- German prison camp in Wisconsin (1944) -- High school Navy reserves -- Enlisting for active duty (before Congress did away with the GI bill) -- Boot camp and qualifying for Electronic Technicians School -- Sent to the 7th Fleet Command -- Difficulties catching the 7th Fleet Command who traveled incognito -- Navy Personnel for Admiral Alfred Pride and Admiral Ingersoll -- Patrolling the waters between Taiwan and China -- Homecoming -- Reflections on time at sea -- After the Navy -- Adventures in Taipei -- Looking back