Archive for August 2022
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I’m departing from my usual posts about the USS Franklin and World War II in the Pacific Theater to repost this. I hope you will read it. The following post is from the Facebook page, “Historia Obscurum.” In the summer and fall of 1942, a strange phenomenon began springing up in distant corners of the…
Read MoreBook Recommendation: The Sailor’s Bookshelf: Fifty Books To Know The Sea
This morning I was searching for a podcast to listen to during my workout at my gym. I do strength training and usually spend about an hour each time I go. I favor podcasts related to the research I am doing for my book, “Heroes By The Hundreds: The Saga of the USS Franklin.” I…
Read MoreThree Things We Can Learn From Someone Awarded The Medal Of Honor
Today’s post discusses three things we can learn from a Medal of Honorrecipient. On 19 March 1945, the USS Franklin, an Essex-class carrier wasattacked just after dawn by a Japanese bomber. She was part of a huge US Navyfleet called Task Force 58. The bomber dropped two bombs of 550 pounds eachthat started a conflagration…
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