Skip to content

MGlenn Ross

  • About Glenn
  • Blog
  • Interesting Resources
  • Contact Me
×
  • About Glenn
  • Blog
  • Interesting Resources
  • Contact Me

Archive for July 2024

Farrell L. Kluttz Narrated An Enjoyable Oral History

By Glenn | July 26, 2024 | 0
USS Franklin nearly obscured by smoke and flames after 19 March attack US Navy photo 80-G-49131

Farrell L. Kluttz left an entertaining oral history about his time in the US Navy.

Read More

2024 Admiral Nimitz Annual Conference

By Glenn | July 19, 2024 | 0
Admiral Nimitz visiting Guadalcanal shown holding a Samurai sword. The US Navy's ability to provide logistics was a key reason why the Japanese were defeated there.

The 2024 Admiral Nimitz Conference is now open for registration. I’m going! See you there!

Read More

How Action Reports Helped The US Navy Defeat The Japanese

By Glenn | July 13, 2024 | 1
Admiral Mitscher's one page endorsement of Task Group 58.2's action report of 4 July 1944. In it, he endorses three of four of the recommendations.

How The US Navy used feedback to win its battles against the Japanese.

Read More

USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944

By Glenn | July 3, 2024 | 0
A crowed deck of planes, pilots, and crews of Air Group 13 in October 1944. The first nine are Hellcat fighters, the ones in the back are Helldivers and Avengers. Franklin would be struck by a Kamikaze on 30 October 1944.

USS Franklin and Air Group 13 become combat veterans in a July 4 attack on Iwo Jima and nearby islands.

Read More

Recent Posts

  • US Cruiser Captains Courageous
  • When Not To Be Harsh On Historians or Authors
  • Officers’ Clothing Complicates Communication On USS Franklin
  • National Medal of Honor Day March 25, 2025
  • My World War II Knowledge Broadens

Recent Comments

  1. Aircraft Carrier: An RKO-Pathé Documentary - MGlenn Ross on Joseph O’Callahan, Chaplain of the USS Franklin, Earns The Medal of Honor
  2. Was Captain Leslie Gehres, USN, Ill-Treated? - MGlenn Ross on There Were Heroes By The Hundreds: Attack on the USS Franklin
  3. USS Franklin Commissioned 14 October 1943 - MGlenn Ross on There Were Heroes By The Hundreds: Attack on the USS Franklin
  4. USS Franklin Has A Busy October - MGlenn Ross on 10-15 October 1944: USS Franklin Attacks
  5. Burials At Sea by USS Franklin, 1944 - MGlenn Ross on Kamikazes Attack USS Franklin (CV-13)

MGlenn Ross

Thank you for your interest. Please join many others who have signed up for my monthly e-newsletter. I will keep you updated on my progress in researching the crew's stories and the lessons we can learn in leadership.  I will not share your email address.

Please enter your name.
Please enter a valid email address.
Subscribe!
Something went wrong. Please check your entries and try again.
  • Home
  • About Glenn
  • Blog
  • Interesting Resources
  • Contact

© 2025 MGlenn Ross. All Rights Reserved.

GoDaddy Web Design
Scroll To Top