"An Atlantic Monthly Press book." Preface, dated 1953, refers to corrections checked and collated "since the first edition." -- P. xi. Task organizations containing lists of American and Japanese ...
CORAL SEA, MIDWAY AND SUBMARINE ACTIONS (307 pp.)—Samuel Eliot Morison—Little, Brown ($6). THE STRUGGLE FOR GUADALCANAL (389 pp.)—Samuel Eliot Morison—Little, Brown ($6). BATTLE REPORT: VICTORY IN THE ...
On December 7, 1941, planes from six Japanese carriers destroyed the U.S. battleships at Pearl Harbor. Their success opened the way for Japan to conquer Southeast Asia and the Philippines. Yet by ...
The Midway-Class Aircraft Carriers, often referred to as “battlecarriers”, were a significant milestone in the evolution of U ...
FLYNN, CLIFFORD E. LCDR, U.S.N. Ret. Clifford E. Flynn, 87, longtime San Diego resident was born July 30, 1916 in Riverside, Iowa, died November 3, 2003. During WWII he served on the USS Portland. He ...
At a critical moment during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, the order was given for the blacked-out US aircraft carriers to turn on their lights to assist American pilots returning to ...