About the book: 1997 / Memoirs are boring. BUT NOT IN THIS CASE - it’s a fascinating read! Peter Fursa is a doctor, a naval officer, almost all of whose service was spent on surface ships of the Pacific Fleet. The memoirs are an artistic reworking of the realities of naval life, of which he was a witness and protagonist, and covers the period from 1975 to 1995. The book preserves the names of people with whom the author of the book served, describes both large-scale events that were significant for the entire fleet, and events of a completely different level that fit within the life framework of a small naval crew, but are not deprived of their significance in the destinies of people..