For episode 260 of the Preble Hall Podcast, Midn Austin Wilson serves as host. He interviews Dr. Justin Laborde to discuss Scattered Far and Wide, a poignant work about the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1938 published by the Naval Institute Press.

Dr. Stephen Phillips discussed his new book A Poisoned Chalice: The U.S Navy in the Persian Gulf, 1987-1988 with Dr. John Sherwood. Dr. Phillips is a U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1992 graduate and a former U.S. Navy EOD officer.

Links to episodes mentioned in the podcast:

EP 90: The Great Mule Caper: Preble Hall | The Class of 1992's Great Mule Caper

EP 258: Tom Duffy – Tanker War in the Gulf: Preble Hall | Tom Duffy - Tanker War in the Gulf

EP 117:The USS Samuel B. Roberts Mine Strike: Captain Paul Rinn, USN-Ret: Preble Hall | The USS Samuel B. Roberts Mine Strike: Captain Paul Rinn, USN-Ret

For more detailed information on the Iraqi Air Force attack on USS Stark listen to: Rendering Safe an unexploded Exocet missile aboard USS Stark (FFG-31)

In this episode of Preble Hall, Tom Duffy discusses his new book, Tanker War in the Gulf: Operation Earnest Will, Diplomacy and Seapower in Practice, with Dr. John Sherwood. During the Tanker War, Duffy was a naval officer aboard the U.S.S. Cochrane (DDG-21). He later served as a diplomat with the State Department for 32 years.