We Were Crewdogs IV - We Had To Be Tough (B-52)

Released in June 2008, Volume 4 is a set of 42 stories by 36 former B-52 Crewdogs, that continues the real life, first person stories of what it took to be a BUFF Crewdog. Included are stories of crashes, Chrome Dome flights, Arc Light missions, and Linebacker II memories. It's one of the best collections yet and a must have for anyone who lived this life or wonders what it took to live it.


There are currently six (6) volumes of the We Were Crewdogs Series available as eBooks:

We Were Crewdogs I - The B-52 Collection
We Were Crewdogs II - More B-52 Crewdog Tales
We Were Crewdogs III - Peace Was Our Profession
We Were Crewdogs IV - We Had To Be Tough
We Were Crewdogs V - We Flew The Heavies
We Were Crewdogs - The Vietnam Collection

Dedicated To: Col. George Golding USAF, (Ret.)

Foreword - Lt Gen Buck Shuler, Jr.

Military Career

Peace is our Profession – But Why? - Bill Fritz

Peace Through the Generations - Karl Nedela

The Real Veterans on the Crew Force - Marv Howell

Draft Dodger to Crewdog - Art Thompson

Crew of the Quarter - Dyess E-15 - Craig Mizner

The Consequences of One Low-Level Abort - Dale Fink

Those Early Buff Days - Bill Jackson

A Dream Realized - John Cate

The "Flame" - Gary Henley

Cold War

Chrome Dome Missions - 24-Hour Airborne Alert - Roland E. Speckman

Chrome Dome Dis-asster! - Bob Stewart

A Memorable Chrome Dome - Derek H. Detjen

Carswell Quips - Ken Schmidt

Get Off My Airpatch! - Bill Jackson

B-52 Operation Port Bow at Kadena AB, Okinawa - James Bradley

Flight Suit Load - Walt Marzec

First Alert Tour - Buck Shuler, Jr.

The Day the Music Died - John Cate

The Schedule - Doug Cooper

Jaws Bites CCTS - Rich Vande Vorde

Engine Fire on Final - Lothar Deil

It's a Small World After All - Bill Dettmer

She's A Tough Old Bird - Ben Barnard

B-52 Crash Survivor - Gregory Smith

The Last Flight of BUFF 574 - Gary Miller

Four Klaxons in 24 Hours - John Morykwas

Southeast Asia

Reflex Alert on the Rock - 1964 - Nick Maier

Early Arc Light - Peter Seberger

First Sam - Larry Moeller

Don't Shoot Three - It's Two - Glenn Russell

A Night on the Town - Wade Robert

Pucker Time Out of Guam - Bill Ehmig

LB II: Birthday at Angels Three Zero - Charles Haigh

The Rules Were Different at U-Tapao - Marv Howell

The B-52 Wheel Well Door - Kenneth Boone Sampson

A Seiko Watch, a Pair of Brass Candlesticks, and a Divorce - Tommy Towery

Engine Running Spare - Gery Putnam

Lest We Forget

Long Live B-52 Gunners - Dick Gaines

Stratofortress - George Thatcher

The Combat Crews - George Thatcher

The Boneyard - George Thatcher

Semper Fly - George Thatcher