March 2026 - MGlenn Ross

When Shipmates Earned the Medal of Honor Together: Rare Moments in WWII Naval History

By Glenn | March 25, 2026 |

President Truman awards Lt. (j.g.) Donald Gary the Medal of Honor

President Truman presents the Medal of Honor to Lt. Donald Gary at a White House ceremony in 1946.

USS Franklin March 14-24 1945 Deck Logs

By Glenn | March 19, 2026 |

USS Franklin nearly obscured by smoke and flames after 19 March attack US Navy photo 80-G-49131

LInks to blog posts writing about the USS Franklin deck logs from March 14-24, 1945.

Disobedient USS Franklin Sailor Put on Bread and Water

By Glenn | March 9, 2026 |

US Navy Carrier USS Franklin on fire 19 March 1945. Dense smoke rises from fires aft of the ship's island.

Eighty-one years ago today, 9 March 1945, USS Franklin (CV-13) was headed to Ulithi Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. She was one of 16 US Navy carriers and more than 90 other ships making up Task Force 58. They left Ulithi on 14 March heading to the coast of southern Japan, where their mission was…

Admiral William Halsey Displeased With USS Franklin’s Readiness

By Glenn | March 6, 2026 |

Two carriers burning after separate kamikaze strikes. USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese kamikaze suicide planes, while operating off the Philippines on 30 October 1944. Photographed from USS Brush (DD-745). US Navy 80-G-326798

USS Belleau Wood (left) and USS Franklin pictured after being struck by kamikazes on 30 October 1944. Both would be knocked out of the war for months.