Sanjo, Jack, and Frank are three ex-Navy buddies that reunite to compare notes and re-evaluate their lives near Topeka-Kansas several years after being discharged from active duty aboard a ‘WESPAC’ ammunition ship during the Vietnam war. Their mutual fondness for ‘Cassandra’, a working girl from the ‘California Club’ in Olongapo, Philippines, finds all three sailors searching for the ‘good old days’, as they attempt to reorganize their complicated lives and prospect for new adventures. Their plans become more complicated as they include Pernicious and Enchanté in their exploits. The book also includes several poems that were written by the author while serving aboard the USS Flint in the Pacific.
“You Won’t Miss Me ’til I’m Gone” is the sequel to “Victory Liner 504” written by Jaak Tallinn. This additional work of fiction finds Jack Redhouse alone aboard his motor yacht (YP-504) in the Yucatan Peninsula prior to meeting up with his old Navy pals Sanjo Casagrande, Frank Valero, ‘Crazy Joe’ Melnik, and their girlfriends before setting out on a new Caribbean adventure that takes them from Cancun, Mexico to the Cayman islands, over to Cuba, and beyond. Their quest for truth, happiness, and a better tomorrow compels the crew to explore themselves, the Caribbean, the world around them, and distant realms extending beyond their normal comfort zones.