Book Signing with John Gordon, author of Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines. Visit the Marine Corps Association and Foundation website for more information.
With author Walter Borneman Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War
Meet authors Cindy Horrell Ramsey, Boys of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA and David Seagraves, Uncommon Hero: The John Seagraves Story. In Boys of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, Ramsey tells the story of the Battleship through the eyes of the men who served her. After doing research about the ship at the National Archives in 2000,
Elliot Carlson’s biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first to be written about the officer who headed Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy’s signals monitoring and cryptographic intelligence unit at Pearl Harbor, and who broke the Japanese navy’s code before the Battle of Midway. The book brings Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent,
Author on Deck Presentation and Book Signing As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series and in celebration of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 222nd Birthday, author Thomas P. Ostrom will present The United States Coast Guard and National Defense (McFarland; October 10, 2011). Following his presentation, Ostrom will be
Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia by RADM Terry McKnight, USN (Ret) and Michael Hirsh, Naval Institute Press The United States Navy Memorial presents an ongoing series of free lecture programs on the sea services. During the one-hour programs, authors will discuss their books, take questions from the audience and sign their books,