Fred's Place has joined forces with Jack Eckert of Jack's Joint to bring a collection of thirty-one of his best sea stories to the crew of Fred's Place. Enjoy.

Blue Angels Submitted By Bob Gaut - We hope that this tale is true.

Confessions of a Coast Guard Helicopter Pilot. A four part series by Jack McCormack and edited by Don Gardner.

Dave by Dave L. Moyer. From the Owasco Chronicles - The effect of a sailor's last words.

False Armistice by Lois Bouton, the Coast Guard Lady. This is a SPAR story that happened on Bethany Beach Delaware in August of 1945.

Forcing Haitians Home by Lisa Danielle Healy. You are pretty hard hearted if this story doesn't bring a tear to your eyes.

Full Circle By Don Gardner. How often this tale is told? This is the confession of a man who went full circle and tells his story.

Goose On The Rocks by Jack Eckert. Four Coast Guard careers almost ended that fall day in Sitka, Alaska in 1968.

He Would Be Sixty-Four By Joe Rush. You have to be hard hearted not to be touched by this article.

Hooligan Days By Sam Smith. Copyright 1998 Sam Smith & Reprinted by Permission of the Author. Sam’s Odyssey begins in 1961 and takes us through OCS, The Second Coast Guard District Office, and the CGC SPAR.

How to Obtain Instant Recognition. A tale of what not to do and the consequences of doing it.

Howling Winds; Turbulant Waters© by J. C. Carney. The story of the daring rescue of the crew of the SS RAGNY by the CGC ESCANABA.

I Remember Jack Main A Weatherman, more than just an "Old Salt."

It's Brasswor by Fred Morong. This poem stresses the bane of the light keepers life. Updated 3/17/00 with a postscript by Seamond Ponsart Roberts

Lost on Voyages to Nowhere by W.R. Ehrman. From "We’ve Been There" ©Esther Stormer - 1992 - A lengthily article dealing with the loss of certain lightships.

Memories of My MKC - ©1997 by Dolly Juhlin. Here's to you Lowell

Monster Maggie of the Mackinaw by Floyd Stormer. The mascot every crewman hated.

The Demise Of Monster Maggie By Alban Landry. This sequel solves a mystery.

One Up (The Story of Travis Dooley) by Joe Rush. Fortune sometimes smiles on the pure at heart.

R. O. N. by Jerold L. Wanek. So here we were, no clothes except our flight suits, and no money.

Red Apple Chiefs And Sock Liberties By Dan Lawson. The Coast Guard was a different organization in the years following World War II. The author alludes to a few things probably never heard of in today’s service.

Taps for the FIR by Charles W. Lindenburg. One of the last of the Buoy Tenders of the USLHS.

The Beach Patrol Blues Wartime, WWII, Beach Patrol on a Horse.

The Legend Of John Dobbin From "We've Been There" by Esther Stormer ©1992 - This preposterous tale is a part of Coast Guard lore.

The Little Red Ship by Jim Gill. Life on a Lightship. The Sinking of the Tamaroa by Jim Perkins. If you have to sink you may as well do it in a floating drydock.

The Story of Joe Winthrop, PM1 by Jack Eckert. An Old Sea Story.

The Two Dollar Bill by Seamond Ponsart Roberts. The Lighthouse Keeper's daughter tells of the surprise visit of the Eastern Inspectors to her father's lighthouse.

Tribute to a Coast Guard Wife by G.R. Newman. Take a minute to read it and then kiss your spouse.

UFO by Jeff Lindstrom. Is this Santa flying in from the North Pole?

Yachtsman by Eugene F. Doran. A Coasties poem circa 1950.

Hawaiian Baptism by Franklin A. Warren, Sr. A tale involving "Mad Mac" one of the Coast Guard's real old Seadog's.

The Most Unforgettable Chief I Ever Knew by Don Gardner. Mischief was his middle name.

Forever Our Flag - A Poem

Bosun's Mate - A Poem

And my favorite:

Lifeboat Crew, A Journey to the Edge of Night by R.L. Huber, ex-seaman, U.S.S. HERNDON, Coast Guard Destroyer #17, Flagship of the Northern Division, Offshore Patrol. Go back in time almost seventy years when the Coast Guard patrolled offshore in four stack destroyers, long before motorized lifeboats, radar, et.al., This macabre tale of an eighteen year old seaman on the USS HERNDON #17 is told in the first person and definitely is a classic describes a seven hour rescue made from a lifeboat pulled by oars in a dark and stormy sea.