Lieutenant Donald Hogan,
USN (ret.) is the author of Excerpts from "Letters to Lou": A midshipman's odyssey: a three year
journal of life at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1954-1957; and, Letters to Lou – The
Sequel: A Midshipman's Odyssey.
According to the book description of Letters to Lou – The Sequel: A Midshipman's
Odyssey, “This journal describes a midshipman's life at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1954-1957,
with updates from 1948 to after the September 11th attack. It is a factual history that brings back memories and is sometimes
very funny. Both "landlubbers" and "old salts" will enjoy this odyssey about a bunch of boisterous young
men. More than 60 people contributed stories and replies to this tome.”