http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/ What's new with the author and website of the book "No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf" en_US © Copyright 2006 Bradley Peniston. All Rights Reserved. Sat, 26 Mar 2006 16:30:14 EST Sat, 26 Mar 2006 16:30:14 EST No Higher Honor: What's New 60 http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml I've been invited to say a few words about the 38 sailors who died 20 years ago aboard the USS Stark, and how their experience guided those who followed them to the Gulf's combat zone. Wed, 16 May 2007 11:40 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml The National Maritime Historical Society has invited me to give a lecture about the Roberts near their headquarters in Peekskill, NY, at noon on Saturday, July 28, at noon at the Hendrick Hudson Free Library, 185 Kings Ferry Road, Montrose, N.Y. 10548 Phone: 914-739-5654. Pleas come! Mon., 22 January 2007 17:40 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml I've been invited to be one of the first participants in the U.S. Navy Memorial's new authors' lecture series. Please come on March 21 at noon to the Memorial, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 123, Washington, D.C, 20004. Wed, 11 January 2007 17:40 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml New book event! It will be at the Borders bookstore in the Annapolis (Md.) Mall at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. Wed, 9 Janury 2007 17:40 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml New book event! It will be at the Borders bookstore in the Annapolis (Md.) Mall at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5. It's still tentative, but should be confirmed in a week or two. Wed, 11 November 2006 17:40 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/news.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/news.shtml No Higher Honor is getting a second printing! Wed, 11 October 2006 17:30 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/news.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/news.shtml Added links to reviews of No Higher Honor on "What's New" page. Wed, 11 October 2006 17:00 EDT http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58launch.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58launch.shtml Added photos of the 8 December 1984 launch of the Sammy B at Bath Iron Works. Thu, 31 August 2006 22:30:00 PST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/audio.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/audio.shtml In the hours and days after the mine strike, electronics officer Lt. (j.g.) Robert Chambers recorded several of Cmdr. Paul Rinn's broadcasts over the ship's 1MC, or public address system, including a situation update about an hour or two after the blast and a congratulatory call from President Reagan. I have posted several of them. Thu, 17 August 2006 22:30:00 PST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml Plans to have a book signing in San Diego after the Aug. 17 SNA conference have fallen through. Hope this does not cause any inconvenience. Meanwhile, another St. Louis book signing is in the works: Sept. 18, Barnes & Noble (Ladue Crossing, 8871 Ladue Road, Saint Louis, Mo. 63124. Phone: 314-862-6280). Tues, 15 August 2006 13:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-chambers.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-chambers.shtml Added 27 photos by and used with kind permission of then-Lt. (j.g.) Bob Chambers. Tues, 25 July 2006 19:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/index.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/index.shtml In the right-side rail, added a link to the Portland Press Herald's 16 July interview with me, and some links to nice things people have written about the book. Tues, 18 July 2006 22:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml The Surface Navy Association has invited me to speak at their Summer 2006 symposium at Naval Base San Diego on Aug. 17. We're also looking to set up an evening signing at a bookstore out in town. Thu, 6 July 2006 21:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/ http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/ By the way, books have been shipping from Amazon.com for about two weeks. Thu, 6 July 2006 20:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/muster.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/muster.shtml Added an unofficial muster list, based on Naval Personnel Command documents, with edits as suggested by other documents and interviews. Mon, 19 June 2006 20:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml It's taking a little longer than anticipated to get the books to all the stores, but the Naval Institute Press will make sure there are batches available for the first book events: Sunday, June 25, in St. Louis (Borders: 11745 Olive Blvd, Creve Coeur, Mo. 63141. 314-432-3575); and Tuesday, June 27, in Washington, D.C. (Olssons Bookstore, Penn Quarter: 418 7th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20004. 202-638-7610). Wed, 28 June 2006 20:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml The Borders bookstore in Virginia Beach, Va., will host a talk-and-signing event for "No Higher Honor" at 2 p.m. on July 29. Tell your Norfolk-area friends! Wed, 14 June 2006 14:00:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor Printed copies of "No Higher Honor" have arrived at the Naval Institute Press, which means that they'll start shipping within a few weeks to bookstores, Amazon.com, and people who have ordered them. Sat, 3 June 2006 13:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58damage.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58damage.shtml Added a dozen photos of the Roberts in the aftermath of the mine strike. Thu, 23 May 2006 16:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-mowry.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-mowry.shtml Added more than 30 photos by and used with kind permission of then-OS2 Tom Mowry. Thu, 11 May 2006 23:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-stark.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-stark.shtml Added more chatter and photos of the damaged USS Stark. Wed, 9 May 2006 16:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58gulf.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58gulf.shtml Added photo of Roberts maneuvering to keep tactical advantage on the Sahand. Wed, 9 May 2006 10:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58e.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58e.shtml Added mid-1988 photo of Cmdr. Rinn and BMCS Frost posing above the Battle E marks on the Roberts' port bridge wing. Sat, 6 May 2006 23:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-nimblearcher.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-nimblearcher.shtml Added a page about 19 October 1987's Operation Nimble Archer. Thu, 4 May 2006 13:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/calendar.shtml Added a calendar with book-related events such as museum lectures, bookstore signings, etc. Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/vid-prayingmantis.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/vid-prayingmantis.shtml On the 18th anniversary of the mine blast, I added a video news clip about Operation Praying Mantis that was produced by Navy public affairs and aired on 30 April 1988. Fri, 14 Apr 2006 9:30:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58new.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-ffg58new.shtml Added five shots of the Roberts departing BIW, heading down the Kennebec River, and undergoing Navy tests off the Maine coast. Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:44:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-servant.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-servant.shtml Added a gallery of pictures showing the 1988 loading, transit, and unloading of the Roberts. Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:44:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-iranajr.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-iranajr.shtml Added many more pics to the Capture of the Iran Ajr galleries. Tues, 13 Mar 2006 19:00:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-earnestwill.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-earnestwill.shtml Added three more pics to the Capture of the Iran Ajr galleries. Added Bridgeton pic. Added many Earnest Will pics. Tues, 14 Mar 2006 19:00:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-coxswainroberts.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-coxswainroberts.shtml Beefed up narrative for Coxswain Roberts, Earnest Will pics, and DE 413 timeline. Tues, 21 Mar 2006 19:00:00 EST http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-prayingmantis.shtml http://www.navybook.com/nohigherhonor/pic-prayingmantis.shtml Added Operation Praying Mantis photos: U.S. ships, Marines aboard the Sassan platform, A-6s in action, and Iranian ships under attack. Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:00:00 EST