The Shake Davis Series: Laos File, Peleliu File, Chosin File, Beirut File, Contra File, Havana File, Aztec File, and Bangkok File

by Dale A. Dye

Playtime was over in the next minute. When the crowd of sailors, Marines and scientists exploded into the Drifters Reef the serious party machine kicked into overdrive. Survivors swear that Dr. Janis Fielding’s rendition of the Dance of the Flaming Asshole on the teak bar was the capstone of a memorable night. Others claim that RAdm. Ault’s mandatory abandon ship drills requiring all hands to leap from the roof into Wake’s lagoon was the highlight. And there are those who swear that Gunner Davis demonstrating the shrapnel effect of an 81mm mortar round by dropping his body on a proper trajectory into a four-foot stack of empty beer cans marked the acme of the evening. No one can say for certain.