Renee gough known as gooch was the commander of underwater demolition unit two at navel amphibious base in little creek vrygina. He stayed in that post until his retirement when he left virgin you beach and headed for an idyllic Caribbean spot in st. Thomas with his wife and four children. They had all sailed down to the kribian on a 57 foot retired oyster boat A type of vessel known as a Chesapeake bay skipjack Which he had converted into a phoating family residence. Then the CIA came calling about a one-of-a-kind mission in the Congo ever the dedicated frogman gooch said Gooch could not say no to