Episode 47: Doug Johnson - Boatswains Mate - Coxswain - LORAN Station - Pacific Islands

They Had to Go Out

Former Boatswain’s Mate Doug Johnson provides a travelogue of exotic locations he served at throughout the Pacific, including his time at a remote LORAN Station on Marcus Island nearly 700 miles from the nearest point of land. He also tells of responding to the aftermath of a typhoon in Guam and a few highlights from leading crews on search and rescue and law enforcement cases as a coxswain on 30 and 40 ft wooden hull boats and on the brand new 41 UTB at stations in Honolulu and Kauai. For the most choice assignments in a single enlistment, Doug may have the record. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theyhadtogoout/support