AT PRESENT, THIS WEB BOOK CAN ONLY GROW -
FROM PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE

WHAT THIS WEB BOOK IS ALL ABOUT

This Web Book is a result of a creative effort that seems to me just happened.
Once started I was driven by a compulsion I cannot explain.

It has become a place where Brownwater Navy Veterans and other veterans can jog their memories with images pertinent to their experience.
Few Vietnam books, movies, and TV documentaries can do that for me.
This site is ready to post photos specific to any Brownwater Navy location, vessel(s) or event.
My photos and donated photos are grouped to define places, vessels or events so that many who were there can re-live there experience.
Email musters and email credits have helped many crewmen re-unite.

I hope that Brownwater Navy Veterans can show their children and grandchildren what their life on the river was all about.

I hope this site becomes a home to unsung heroes in the support organizations, familiar bases and forgotten places. If your interest is in campaigns and combat units then there are plenty of other sites.
I hope this site becomes a place to find long lost friends and crewmen.
As for me, this site has been a release of tremendous locked up feelings and emotions for many who have visited it.

The photos and images that are donated in the future will make this site pertinent to more Brownwater Veterans in more locations.

Although I am learning every day remember that Seamen like me were not told very much about goals and experiences occuring in nearby missions or campaigns. I just watched and photographed what was happening around me.

I appreciate any photos that define a place, event or vessel associated with the Brownwater Navy in Vietnam. I am also interested in photos of insignia , badges, or paperwork from the Brownwater Navy in Vietnam.

Any of your photos I post will be credited with an email link.

Any photos, slides or negatives you send will be scanned and promptly returned.
I have special equipment to directly scan negatives and slides .
I use Micrografx Picture Publisher 8 to do some restoration to photos. It is no longer sold but I like it better than Adobe photo editors.
The Photos I use are posted eventually and I will send a CD of all the scans I make.

Please send photos to
      Kent Hawley
      PMB256
      3144 North G Street #125
      Merced, CA 95340
[Please tell me their comming by email]

If you prefer to send scanned images of your photographs you can email them.

Prefered Image Format for email:
      JPEG     (5%-15% compression)
      900 pixels wide x 600 pixels high (Pixel = dots)
      [ A 3 inch wide photo scanned at 300 dpi = 900 pixels wide ]
      [ A 5 inch wide photo scanned at 200 dpi = 1000 pixels wide ]
      [ A 6 inch wide photo scanned at 150 dpi = 900 pixels wide ]
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the Webmaster

Please be patient since I have many demands on my time.

HOW I SCAN AND USE PHOTO IMAGES

My main photo scanner is a professional HP Scanjet 6200C.
I scan 35 mm slides and negatives with a HP Photosmart photo scanner or a Nikon Coolscan IV
      Scanning negatives and slides directly
      gives much more clarity and detail.

Special Archive files at maximum dpi are 10 to 20 Megabyte in size
and are TIFF format images (Archive Quality Only)

For most photos I scan a 1.5 Megabyte TIFF format image as an master file
      (900 pixels by 600 pixels)
Any restoration is performed on a copy of the 1.5 Megabyte TIFF image
      I use Micrografx Picture Publisher 8 exclusively to edit photos.

For Web ready Images I convert to JPEG format using Picture Publisher 8
For landscape oriented photos use the following formats
      600 x 900 pixel JPEG main photo ( 25%compression for 30K to 80K file )
      700 x 466 pixel JPEG framed photo ( 25%compression for a 20K to 60K file )
      200 x 136 pixel JPEG thumbnails ( 7%compression for a 10K file )

KENT HAWLEY - A SHORT RESUME

BEFORE VIETNAM:     Navy Brat then Midshipman at University of UTAH
IN VIETNAM:     Oct69-Oct70 NSA YRBM 20 Deck Seaman and then Communication Yeoman
          TDY to ATSB Tien Binh, TDY to ATSB Rach Soi, Trips to Saigon
Favorite Saigon Hangout:     12th floor of El Presidente Hotel
Favorite Liberty town:     Chou Doc [When not being mortored]
Rest and Recreation trip:     Hong Kong

POST VIETNAM:     BS in Mining Engineering ( self financed with help from GI Bill )

CAREER:
Mining Engineering Work at operations in West Virginia (Coal) and New Mexico (copper).
Mine Safety and Mechanical Engineering at MBAssociates in California
Mine Planning and Estimating at Kaiser Engineers.
Submarine Safety Engineering at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Ordnance Removal Planning and Environmental Cleanup Engineering at Mare Island.

PRESENT DAY:
Environmental Cleanup Engineering at Castle AFB for the Air Force Base Conversion Agency.
Web Page Design part time.
Yosemite Photography part time.
          Year 2000 Yosemite Christmas Card
          Year 1999 Yosemite Christmas Card

AFFILIATE MARKETING EXPENSES AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS

It costs $120 a year to host this site in addition to my Internet Service Provider fees and extra phone line charges.
It costs over 10 hours a week to update and maintain it.

I am trying to cover some of the direct costs and compensate me for my labor effort. I could be making $35 an hour designing web pages for others as I also do part time now.

At the bottom of my pages are Affiliate Marketing sales links.
When you use these links when making a purchase I receive a referral fee.
I have received about $35 from Amazon.com in the year 2000 for this effort.
I have selected Affiliate Marketing links to products I have or would buy myself.

I intend to also sell my own photos and CD roms directly in the future.
My email lists will not be sold to anyone.


P.S. I design Web Pages part time for profit.