Honor My Father

Clint Nye

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Honor My Father is a true story of how college men came to the US Navy as reservists, instructed by the officers from Annapolis, and teamed together. It brings their many personal stories of interactions with my dad (Air Defense Commander), serving on two destroyers (USS Bancroft & USS Goodrich) with the naming of their actual crew members. My story honors these silent, humble heroes.
Thirty Benson-class destroyers were built from 1938 to 1943 and were the most vulnerable in the sea, protecting the fleet. The officers and crews earned 174 Battle Star Citations, one Presidential Citation and two Navy Unit Commendations posthumously.
The last section of my true story about Dad, Comedy of Adolescence; describes how as a new professor, working on his Ph.D. this writer entered his teenage years while the two of us moved from the city of Chicago to the small town of Athens, Ohio. After his war experiences, he experienced nothing like the big guns going off in his ear until the hard pounding drums from my new rock and roll band!

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• Lettres et linguistique

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• Publié par: Austin Macauley Publishers LLC
• Date de parution: 31 juillet 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781645755074
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Honor My Father
Clint Nye
Austin Macauley Publishers
2019-07-31
Honor My Father About The Author Dedication Copyright Information © Author’s Note Dedication Special Dedication Prologue Section I Chapter 1 Today – October 11, 2008, Nelsonville, Ohio Chapter 2 Thanking Dad – Thanks, Dad Chapter 3 The Tour – Athens and Ohio University Chapter 4 Flash to 1964 – Saturday at the Armory Chapter 5 A Few Years Prior to Funeral Day Chapter 6 The Aging Process Chapter 7 Cleaning out the Garage Chapter 8 November 2008 – Find Old High School Friends Chapter 9 After My Convention Chapter 10 Back Home in Orlando Section II Chapter 11 The Beginnings – Youthful Misadventures of a Future Ph.D. Chapter 12 Ohio University, 1935–1939 Chapter13 Dad at Harvard, 1940–1942 Chapter 14 Dartmouth – Naval Reserve Training – U.S.N.R. Ensign Chapter 15 Norfolk VA Navy Shipyard – Training Centers Chapter 16 U.S.S. BANCROFT – Finding Her and Raging Storms Chapter 17 Pitch and Roll Plane Ride to Seattle Chapter 18 Dutch Harbor, Alaska Chapter 19 Pollywogs at Sea Chapter 20 U.S.S. BANCROFT (DD598) 8 Battle Stars WW II Service Chapter 21 The Royal Hawaiian Hotel Chapter 22 Kamikaze Pilots – Depth Charges Chapter 23 Funeral at Sea Chapter 24 A Promotion and Transfer Chapter 25 U.S.S. Goodrich (DD831) Gearing Class Chapter 26 Japan After the Bomb and Young Bicycle Lady Chapter 27 Hot Springs Section III Chapter 28 Dad’s Corporate Life – Sears and Roebuck Chapter 29 The Old Sears Crew Chapter 30 My Dog Susie Saved My Life and First TV Chapter 31 Life After Ashland Chapter 32 Visiting Grandpa Nye, Mansfield, 1950s Chapter 33 Roaring Planes at Midway Chapter 34 Jet Plane to Dallas Chapter 35 Last Days in Chicago, 1963 Chapter 36 Heading to 15 Palmer Street, 1964, After the Holidays Chapter 37 The Next Day Was Sunday Chapter 38 Uneventful First Week? Chapter 39 Walking to Town Chapter 40 Bunch of Crap!!! Chapter 41 Rats!!! Chapter 42 Saturday Night at the Armory Chapter 43 First Weeks of School Chapter 44 Dad’s Saturday Night Spaghetti Dinners Chapter 45 Writing Thesis in German – Loud Drum Practice Chapter 46 Girl Being Tutored by Dad and My Personal Drum Lesson Chapter 47 Drum Explosion – Brownie Going Crazy Chapter 48 School Band State Competition Trip Chapter 49 Skitching – Winter Boredom Chapter 50 Endless Supply of Gas Chapter 51 Sliding off the Roof Chapter 52 Hocking River Flood, 1964 – Thanks, Dad, for the Repeat of 1937! Chapter 53 First Yachting Experience on Palmer Street Chapter 54 Swimming Down Palmer Street Chapter 55 Sump, Pump and Hump Chapter 56 Dad’s Fire and Brimstone Incident at Church – I Drive Now Chapter 57 A Good Day to Meet LBJ, May 7, 1964 Chapter 58 Rowing Across Lake Hope and My Conversation with Dad Chapter 59 Camping at the Lake Chapter 60 Brother David Visits Athens – Picking Up Drums from Mark’s Chapter 61 Naming the Band the SCEPTRES Chapter 62 Making Great Cash Money Chapter 63 Ordering New Drums – Weapons of Mass Detonation Chapter 64 Big Show in Parkersburg, WV (Battle of the Bands) Chapter 65 OU Homecoming Dance – Ray from Chicago Chapter 66 Trip to Europe Chapter 67 Nearly Died of Hepatitis Chapter 68 Some Years Later, 1972 Chapter 69 Dad’s PhD, Letters of Philosophy in Economics – His Thesis in German Epilogue Band Members – Where Are They Now? Current State of Family Affairs Porky Answering Questions The Royal Order of the Palmer Fest Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival and Ritual
About The Author
Chairman, President of NYETECH.NET LLC.
A Technology Consultancy for Public Safety Agencies
A former VP, Director, and Regional Sales Leader in the sales of technology systems for Law Enforcement and Federal D.O.J. agencies representing major corporations.
Clint Nye has over 35 years of experience in public sector and private corporate employment. Recently, he was on the DOJ Team for GIS enterprise solutions and sales to federal law enforcement: DEA, ATF, USMS, U.S. Courts, U.S. Attorney’s Office. He is also assigned recently to the National State and Local Public Safety Team as an Industry Solutions Specialist for law enforcement. He has represented several major corporations in sales of IT technology to the public sector.
Clint served full-time law enforcement for 18 years, certified in the state of Florida for 25 years in excellent standing. LE duties began at the City of Miami Police Department assigned as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Supervisor, SWAT Team Sgt., Investigator – Strategic Intelligence Unit, Acting Commanding Officer to the Assistant Chief of Administration for Judicial Services.
He also served the Broward County Sheriff’s Office as a Deputy Sheriff, Staff Commander Management Analysis Division, Commander for Special Projects and Facilities. Direct report to the Sheriff and Chief Deputy for Administration.
He has over 60 police service commendations, coupled with corporate awards supporting public safety nationally. His experience as a working cop in the streets of Miami and Broward County Florida during the major drug wars, Mariel boatlift invasion and police ‘river cops’ corruption investigations. This experience is being written about for the future publication of ‘GOP,’ Generation of Pigs, influenced by the hatred towards us, and the commendations hard working honest cops received.
My brothers and sisters are in blue, gray, and brown police uniforms all wear badges whom we honor.
I support military forces of our country serving around the world as ‘Defenders.’

In 2009, the author attended, after his father’s passing, the WW II Pacific Theatre reunion and got a tour of a newer Destroyer USS, The Sullivans. Later that day, they all went to a memorial roll call at church on base. His father’s name and rank were read as were others in honor of their service. The Navy Skipper was outstanding and gave the best time he could with his crew and tour. The USS Goodrich name has been transferred from the destroyer fleet and now carries the name on the submarine fleet.
Dedication
In dedication and honor of all the college men who came to the U.S. Navy as ‘reservists,’ instructed by the officers from Annapolis, teaming together with the objectives to defeat the enemy.
This is coupled with their personal stories and the interactions I’ve had with my dad (Lt. Richard Nye, U.S.N.R. — Air Defense Commander), serving on two Destroyers (U.S.S. Bancroft and U.S.S. Goodrich). Plus, there is the documenting and naming of their actual crewmembers within this book.
Thank you all for your participation and sacrifice.
My story honors all our dads—never to be forgotten, humble heroes.
During WWII, 30 Benson-class destroyers were built from 1938 to 1943 and were the most vulnerable in the sea, protecting their fleet. The officers and crews earned 174 Battle Star Citations, one Presidential Citation, and two Navy Unit Commendations, posthumously.
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Nye, Clint
Honor My Father
ISBN 9781645754770 (Paperback)
ISBN 9781645368762 (Hardback)
ISBN 9781645755074 (ePub e-book)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2019934479
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15 Palmer Street, Athens, Ohio, 2008. The house the author lived in with his father from 1964 to 1967. Today, it is missing a few big oak trees in the front. Upstairs was the space they occupied. During the river flooding days, the author had chained their boat to the front porch.
Author’s Note
The Greatest Generation Gone Forever – What do we do now?
This is a compassionate and honorable effort to tell the story about my dad and his time on the planet. It is the passing of the generation’s torch from ‘the greatest generation’ to the ‘boomer generation.’ I honor my dad and the men of his Harvard class of 1942, as well as his Dartmouth Navy Ensign class which he joined prior to entering the war and serving on two destroyers: the U.S.S. Bancroft and the Goody (U.S.S. Goodrich).
This is a compelling story of a kid growing up in the Depression Era, with strong religious beliefs instilled within him by his mother. It is also a passionate story of my growing up with the ‘nicest man’ and ‘the smartest man’ I have ever known in the mid-1960s. This story evolves to the time of my adolescence; at the same time, Dad was teaching college and working towards his Ph.D. in Economics. Dad’s tremendous sense of humor, bestowed upon me during this period, could only bring impossible conditions for him!
The two of us arrived in Athens, Ohio—the home of Ohio University in 1964. We moved into a hundred-year-old white house on Palmer Street. The rent was $25.00 per month. My interests were girls, rock ‘n’ roll, and playing the drums! Prior to this adolescent journey of the 1960s (written in Section IV: ‘The Palmer Street Chronicles’), ‘The Comedy of Adolescence’ is the true story of a humble, typical American hero from the roots of the ‘greatest generation of Americans’ who will never walk upon planet earth ag