Happy National Book Day
Official caption:
With a loaded M2 .50-caliber machine gun close at hand, one crewman reads a book while another keeps watch off the stern as their PB Mark III patrol boat cuts through the water of the gulf. This patrol boat is among the Navy assets operating in support of efforts to provide security for US-flagged shipping in the Persian Gulf.
Now go grab a book, you heathen.
As a young lad in the Navy in the 1980’s my mother would send me care packages, My whole shop was there when I opened it because there would always be dozens of paperback books. It was a always a favorite,