About the Author

Dennis Daniels is a professional maritime educator who served in Vietnam with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade from 1970-1971.

He also writes monthly columns on boating for two publications and has served as a weekly columnist for the Tonwanda News.

Dennis Daniels holds a USCG Captains license at the Master's level and has been involved in professional maritime training since 1984.

After spending five years with Houston Marine Training, he started Sea Tech Marine Training to service the professional training needs of those living in the Eastern Great Lakes. Since 1984, Captain Daniels has personally helped over 2,000 students obtain their USCG license.

In addition, he is a life member of the United States Power Squadrons since 1977 where he has taught a variety of courses. In 2002, Captain Daniels won the coveted Charles F. Chapman award for excellence in teaching.

How to contact Dennis Daniels 

by U.S. Mail at the following address: 
6860 Plaza Drive
Box No. 7
Niagara Falls, New York 14304

by E-mail through this website: 

by Toll Free Telephone at: 
1-877-883-9366
    Phone services courtesy of Sea Tech Marine Training, Inc.

Book's Dedication

"This book is dedicated to my uncle, 2nd Lt. Ralph T. Clapps, who was killed in action while serving as a copilot on a B-24 Liberator with the Eighth Air Force stationed in England during WWII."

"On February 24, 1944, his ship was on a mission to Gotha, Germany, when a rocket fired from a German fighter hit the nose of his Liberator. My uncle and the pilot fought the controls of their plane long enough for the surviving crew members to bail out. In contacting the survivors of that ill-fated crew almost 60 years after the event, they said there was never a day they did not think of the heroic efforts of my uncle and the pilot 1st Lt. Sidney Swanson."

"The book is also dedicated to 1st Lt. Douglas Mabee who was killed in action on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tinh Province, Vietnam. He was the epitome of what all young officers should be."

"Finally, it is dedicated to all those who served with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam and especially those in F Troop, 17th Cavalry."