AFTER ACTION BLOG
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Farrell L. Kluttz Narrated An Enjoyable Oral History
There are times when research is tedious. There are other times when it...
2024 Admiral Nimitz Annual Conference
Portrait of Admiral Chester Nimitz. (Author's photo.) I have attended all but one...
![Page 23 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.](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Page-23-landscape-faac404d7da4e9553804ac62c89819ba-.jpg)
How Action Reports Helped The US Navy Defeat The Japanese
First page of the Task Group 58.2 Action Report covering the attacks on...
![Air Group 13 Aboard USS Franklin (US Navy) 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.](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Air-Group-13-Aboard-USS-Franklin-US-Navy-landscape-56de197d83a4f559f247ddd985919f76-.png)
USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the...
![USS Franklin after Kamikaze Attack on 30 Oct 44 Belleau Wood to the left Big Ben to the right US Navy 80-G-326798 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](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/USS-Franklin-after-Kamikaze-Attack-on-30-Oct-44-Belleau-Wood-to-the-left-Big-Ben-to-the-right-US-Navy-80-G-326798-landscape-af32a7545c5a1a97b1cc47594ac051fa-.gif)
Some Points From The USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report
USS Franklin Sailors examine damage to the flight and hangar decks after the...
![Muster Roll of the Crew 31 March 1944 USS Franklin P1 only !st page of the USS Franklin Muster Roll dated 31 March 1944.](https://mglennross.com/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Muster-Roll-of-the-Crew-31-March-1944-USS-Franklin-P1-only-scaled-landscape-4dd15c780781633256b6604b34a6d85d-.jpg)
How To Learn More About Your Ancestor’s U. S. Military Records
Cover sheet of 31 March 1944 Muster Roll of USS Franklin. (National Archives)...
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USS Franklin (CV-13) Documentaries, Videos, And Oral Histories
Until my book comes out, here are other sources that provide more information...
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Memorial Day Remembrances of Lts. John Wooden, Fred Stalcup, and Wayne Winecoff, USN
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the...