I picked it up in an airport shop, it was stashed up on the top shelf. Picked the dang thing up in 2007, and didn't read it until this year. I'm sorta torn as to feelings about my Navy time...part of me hated every minute of it and would love to put those memories to rest, but part of me is proud I went through it. So, I have a hard time reading Navy-related books. Same goes for the book I'm reading now, "Ship of Ghosts". I've had it awhile, but kept shuffling it backwards on my 'to read' shelf. Good book, and I salute the men who went through that hell. But it took me awhile to start reading it.