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    NINETY-DAY WONDER: How The Navy Would Have Been Better Off Without Me
    NINETY-DAY WONDER: How The Navy Would Have Been Better Off Without Me
    NINETY-DAY WONDER: How The Navy Would Have Been Better Off Without Me
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    NINETY-DAY WONDER: How The Navy Would Have Been Better Off Without Me

    By Stephen Davenport

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    Grab your life preservers, sailors! Ensign Davenport is on the bridge.


    Ensign Stephen Davenport was the most severely underqualified of the Ninety-Day Wonders, the derisive term for commissioned officers in the Naval Reserve with only nin

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherH.H. Bonnell, Publisher
    Release dateDec 4, 2023
    ISBN9780976925552
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    Stephen Davenport

    1953 graduated from Oberlin College, B.A in literature. 1953-1955 active duty in Naval Reserve. 1955-1957 commercial banker. 1957-2005 satisfying career in independent schools. 2005 to present full-time writer, community volunteer.

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