MWSA Book Review

Brownwater II : The Adventure Begins

Author:  Samuel C. Crawford

Publisher:  Xlibris

Reviewer: Bill McDonald – President of the MWSA

The Final Book in the Brownwater Action Series

The second installment in the Navy river boat adventure series by Samuel Crawford is “Brownwater II – The Adventure Begins”. The comical adventure story continues after our young hero reports into his river boat unit stationed in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The young hero has to quickly mature as he takes his place with a crew of veterans.

There is a lot of action and entertainment in this thick book of around 500 pages and again there are lots of black and white photos as there were with the first Brownwater book. If you loved the first book this will be a even better treat for you.

Book Description

This comical adventure begins for Charles Edwards after reporting to Vietnam as a member of the Brown Water Navy stationed in the Mekong Delta assigned to the Mobile Riverine Task Force 117. With a little help from his friend, Petty Officer Dan, Charles quickly matures from his humble beginnings as an 18-year-old city boy from Baltimore. For Vietnam veterans, this story will bring back precious memories that will make them say, "Yeah, I remember doing stuff like that. That part of the war was fun." For those who never served in the military will find this an enjoyable eye-opener to military life.

Author Biography

Samuel C. Crawford served six years honorably in the United States Navy with three tours of hazardous duty in the many rivers and narrow canals of the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War as part of the Brown Water Navy assigned to the Mobile Riverine Task Force 117.  Sam is now a Senior/Programmer Analyst working in Exton PA., and lives with his wife Pat, and their daughter Stephanie, in Middletown Delaware.  All photographs and appendixes used in this publication were taken from his personal collection during his In-Country tours of Vietnam, unless otherwise noted.