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BOOK REVIEW: The Role the USS Casablanca (CVE-55) Played in World War II in...
By Dr. Barbara G. Jones. 2010, The Edwin Mellen Press, Box 450, Lewiston, NY., 515pp. Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart Dr. Barbara Jones has penned a well-written and interesting history of the escort...
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BOOK REVIEW – Dark Seas: The Battle of Cape Matapan
Introduced by J. E. Harrold , University of Plymouth Press, Farnham, UK, (2012). Reviewed by Joseph Moretz. Ph.D. Dark Seas is a reprint of a British Admiralty Battle Summary monograph originally...
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BOOK REVIEW – Joe Rochefort’s War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who...
By Elliot Carlson, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD (2011). Reviewed by Capt. John A. Rodgaard USN (Ret.) Joe Rochefort is a legend to all United States Navy intelligence professionals and Elliot...
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Marine Corps Aviator’s Wings of Gold Returned to Descendants
The Naval Historical Foundation, the Association of Naval Aviation, and the Marine Corps Aviation Association recently had the opportunity to commemorate the service and sacrifice of a World War II...
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BOOK REVIEW – Battle of North Cape, the Death Ride of the Scharnhorst, 1943
By Angust Konstam, Pen and Sword, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England (2008) Reviewed by Alberto R Savoretti MD Angus Konstam’s Battle of North Cape brings to light this forgotten engagement with...
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BOOK REVIEW – Among Heroes: A Marine Corps Rifle Company on Peleliu
By First Sergeant Jack R. Ainsworth, USMC, Edited by Ambassador Laurence Pope (Retired), U.S. Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA (2011) Reviewed by Colonel Curt Marsh, USMCR Retired This...
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BOOK REVIEW – Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II...
By John Prados, NAK Caliber Division of New American Library, New York, NY (2011) Reviewed by Captain Roger F. Jones, USN (Ret.) One of the meanings of the word “crucible” is “severe test,” and the...
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Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II
By Andre Sobocinski, Historian, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery The first Navy flight nurse on Iwo Jima (6 March 1945) and later Okinawa (6 April 1945), ENS Jane Kendeigh, NC, USNR, became a...
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By John T. Pigott, (2006) Reviewed by Rear Admiral Peter B. Booth, U.S. Navy (Retired) The whaleboat was deep in the water, grossly overloaded with sailors hauled from the ocean. I grabbed the...
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Historical “Murderer’s Row” Photograph at Ulithi Update
We have received some updates from a blog post written in July 2012. The original article, “Looking for Assistance on WWII Ship Recognition at Ulithi Atoll,” caught the eye of David Stubblebine, a...
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