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BOOK REVIEW – Black Hell: The Story of the 133rd Navy Seabees at Iwo Jima

May 21, 2013AdminBook Reviewsbattalion, Bingham, Bogart, book, CB, construction, foundation, Historical, history, Iwo, Japan, Jima, naval, navy, NHF, pacific, review, seabees, war, world, WW21 Comment

By Kenneth E. Bingham., Seabee Book (2011). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book is, in reality, three books in one, with the book divided into thirds. The first third of the book gives background information on Iwo Jima, the formation of the Seabees and, in particular, the activation and training of the 133rd Naval

Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II

May 9, 2013AdminHistory, Newsair, evacuation, foundation, Guam, Historical, history, II, Iwo, Jima, medicine, naval, navy, NHF, nurse, Okinawa, pacific, patient, Sobocinski, war, world, wounded, WW213 Comments

By Andre Sobocinski, Historian, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery When the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R4D broke through the clouds of volcanic dust and smoke to land on Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945, it carried more than whole blood and medical supplies for the wounded. On board this flight was a

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BOOK REVIEW – Black Hell: The Story of the 133rd Navy Seabees at Iwo Jima

Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II

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