Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole By Sheldon Bart, Regnery History, Washington, DC (2013) Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink, Ph.D. Race to the Top of the World, by Sheldon Bart, not only opens again the question if Richard E. Byrd reached the North Pole on
BOOK REVIEW – Captain Bulloch: The Life of James Dunwoody Bulloch, Naval Agent of the Confederacy
Captain Bulloch: The Life of James Dunwoody Bulloch, Naval Agent of the Confederacy By Stephen Chapin Kinnaman, Dog Ear Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. (2013) Reviewed by Mark Lardas James Dunwoody Bulloch is best known as the man behind the Civil War’s Confederate raiders. He organized the construction and outfitting of Florida, Alabama, and Stonewall, among others.
BOOK REVIEW – American Sniper: Memorial Edition
American Sniper: Memorial Edition By Chris Kyle, with Jim Defelice and Scott McEwen, William Morrow, New York, NY, (2013) Reviewed by Stephen Phillips The war on terrorism will be the source of many memoirs. All of them will undoubtedly provide valuable and important insight. Historians and military enthusiasts will always particularly enjoy books that are
BOOK REVIEW – Gun Bay: A Tale of Shipwreck on Grand Cayman
Gun Bay: A Tale of Shipwreck on Grand Cayman — An Edward Ballantyne Novel By William H. White, Sea Fiction Press, Red Bank, NJ. (2013) Reviewed by Capt. Roger Jones, USN (Ret.) Gun Bay is a sea-going novel that incorporates the historic and powerful Caribbean hurricanes of October 1793 and January 1794. These caused significant
SINK OR SWIM 2014 Ship Bracket Competition
CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR A LARGER VIEW. It’s that time of the year – BRACKET TIME! What better way to celebrate “March Madness” than with some of the most celebrated ships in naval history! We will be posting this bracket on the dates shown above for you to vote on our FACEBOOK page.
Pacific Fleet Commander Visits Cold War Gallery
Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and his staff visited the National Museum of the U.S. Navy’s Cold War Gallery last Thursday. Admiral Harris was in town for official business, but managed to swing by and visit the gallery and admire the P-3A Orion aircraft he sponsored in honor of Rear Admiral G. W.
Going Ashore: Naval Ship to Shore Power for Humanitarian Services
By George Stewart This paper was originally intended to be a follow on my experiences as an engineer aboard commercial tankers. The original intent was to provide a description of World War II-built turboelectric Destroyer Escorts and to illustrate the commonality they shared with commercial T-2 Tanker power plants. In the process of preparing this
USS Hornet (CV-8, CV, CVA, CVS-12) 66th Reunion
Service: U.S. Navy / Marines Dates: Sept. 9-14, 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX Hotel: Hilton Double Tree-Airport Hotel 37 NE Loop 410 (McCullough) San Antonio, TX, 78216 (210) 366-2424 POC: Carl & Sandy Burket, Secretary Address: PO Box 108, Roaring Spring, PA 16673 Telephone: (814) 224-5063 Fax: (814) 224-0078 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.usshornetassn.com/ All Ship’s
A Stag Party with President Truman and Some Fleet Admirals
On May 6, 1947, a party was held in Washington, D.C. Among the honored guests there: A president, a few politicians, and a majority of the most important and influential officers in United States military history. They all came to the “stag party” (according to President Truman’s presidential diary entry) to honor General George Marshall,
BOOK REVIEW – The Battle of the Denmark Strait: A Critical Analysis of the Bismarck’s Singular Triumph
By Robert J. Winklareth, Casemate Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2012). Reviewed by Richard P. Hallion, Ph.D The fateful encounter between the Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Hood, and Prince of Wales at 0600 on the morning of 24 May 1941 midway between Iceland and Greenland has drawn the attention of numerous authors and analysts. It even inspired a now-classic
BOOK REVIEW – AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS GUNBOATS IN WORLD WAR II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific
By Robin L. Rielly, McFarland & Co. Inc., Jefferson, NC and London, UK, (2013) Reviewed by Samuel Loring Morison The sub title of this work, A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific, is a more appropriate title for the subject. With the exception of Rielly’s previous book on LCS(L)’s, very little (if
BOOK REVIEW – In the Trough: Three Years on Ocean Station
By Thomas F. Jaras, iUniverse, (2013). Reviewed by Thomas P. Ostrom This book drew my attention because of my time in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve in the 1960s. Between 1940 and 1980, the USCG had Ocean Station vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific performing a variety of national defense initiatives. These included search and
Commodore John Barry Book Award
Annual Commodore John Barry Book Award will be presented 10 June 2014 at Fraunces Tavern in New York City. The dinner will be preceded by a reception, sponsored by the Naval Historical Foundation and the National Maritime Historical Society.
70th Anniversary Commemoration of Operation Dragoon
The Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, supported by the Army Historical Foundation, and working with the French Embassy, will host a 70th anniversary commemoration of Operation Dragoon and the subsequent campaign of the 6th Army Group and supporting Air Force and Navy forces to clear southern France. The event will be a seried of
“Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars” Conference
Hosted by the Greenwich Maritime Institute Link to the detailed draft agenda are included here.
