Archive for April 2023
Blooded But Unbowed, USS Franklin Arrives In New York
USS Franklin arrives in New after becoming the most heavily damaged carrier NOT to sink.
Read MoreUSS Franklin’s Connection To The Doolittle Raid
One of the crew of the USS Franklin was also involved in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan. And even appeared in a movie about it!
Read MoreHow Being a Continuous Learner Helps Research My Book on USS Franklin
A post about how helpful continuous learning is and some of the tools I use to research and write my book.
Read MoreWHAT I’M READING: IMPLACABLE FOES
As I research and write my book, I intend to discuss how the US strategy in the Pacific evolved from 1942 to 1945 and the role Franklin played in it. To learn more about the way the war was being fought, both at the strategic and the operational levels, I’m reading Implacable Foes, by Waldo…
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