Captain Peter A. Huchthausen, USN, (1939-2008) served aboard destroyers and commanded a river patrol section in Vietnam. After the war, he became an intelligence officer and served as the US Naval attaché in Yugoslavia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. He retired from the navy in 1990.
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Drama on the high seas as the world holds its breath It was the most spectacular display of brinkmanship in the Cold War era. In October 1962, President Kennedy risked inciting a nuclear war to prevent the Soviet Union from establishing missile bases i... SEE MORE