October 5, 1986

I was going to talk about the idea of money behind the politics of the day and how that actually led to one of the seminal events in history, the American Revolution. Maybe I’ll back to that tomorrow?

Thirty-five years ago today was my last full day off before departing on the infamous Patrol 13 aboard USS Michigan. I was in one of my favorite places, Port Townsend, WA. There, in the midst of a bittersweet sun splashed fall day, I saw a newspaper headline that chilled me to the bone. A Soviet Ballistic Missile Submarine was on fire off of Bermuda…