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Plaque honoring USS Franklin displayed at Museum of the Pacific War. Photo by Glenn Ross

“Those Who Cannot Remember History Are Doomed To Repeat It”—G. Santayana

September 26, 2024
USS Franklin is listing after being attacked on March 19, 1945. Photo taken from...
19 march / Leadership / US Navy / USS Franklin
A Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat fighter makes condensation rings as it awaits the take-off flag aboard USS Yorktown (CV-10), 20 November 1943. The plane is from Fighting Squadron Five (VF-5). Yorktown was then hitting targets in the Marshall Islands to cover the landings in the Gilberts. VF-5 would serve onboard Franklin in 1945. By that time, flying Corsairs.

USS Franklin Supports Peleliu Invasion, September 1944

September 16, 2024
The view of Peleliu shows how much of the island is dominated by...
Air Group 13 / Peleliu / US Navy / USS Franklin
Undated page from USS Franklin decklog showing burial at sea on 31 October 1944 of those crewmembers killed the day before by a Kamikaze attack.

Burials At Sea by USS Franklin, 1944

September 8, 2024
USS Franklin's deck log (p1) 31 October 1944. The day before, she had...
Battle of Leyte Gulf / Deck logs / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / USS Franklin
(DD-674) Coming alongside USS Tarawa (CVS-40) to refuel at sea, 25 April 1959. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Catalog #: USN 1046540

USS HUNT Action Report-Aiding USS Franklin

August 16, 2024
Page 1 of USS HUNT Action Report for March 1945. US National Archives...
19 march / Action Reports / US Navy
Shadow box conaining the Purple Heart, dog tag, Infantryman's combat badge and other ribbons from Sergeant Maury Ross. He saw combat while serving in the 102nd "Ozark" Infantry division in WWII.

Remembering My Father On National Purple Heart Day

August 9, 2024
A shadow box containing military ribbons, a dog tag, badges, and a Purple...
National Purple Heart Day
USS Franklin nearly obscured by smoke and flames after 19 March attack US Navy photo 80-G-49131

Farrell L. Kluttz Narrated An Enjoyable Oral History

July 26, 2024
There are times when research is tedious. There are other times when it...
Farrell L. Kluttz / US Navy / USS Franklin
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.

2024 Admiral Nimitz Annual Conference

July 19, 2024
Portrait of Admiral Chester Nimitz. (Author's photo.) I have attended all but one...
Richard B. Frank / Symposia and Webinars / The Asia-Pacific War
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 Action Reports Helped The US Navy Defeat The Japanese

July 13, 2024
First page of the Task Group 58.2 Action Report covering the attacks on...
Action Reports / Emerging Technologies / Leadership / 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.

USS Franklin Draws Its First Blood–July 4, 1944

July 3, 2024
Air Group-13 Hellcats, Avengers, and Helldivers prepare to strike the Japanese in the...
Action Reports / Air Group 13 / July 4th / US Navy / USS Franklin
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

Some Points From The USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report

June 27, 2024
USS Franklin Sailors examine damage to the flight and hangar decks after the...
19 march / Kamikaze attack / October 1944 / US Navy / USS Franklin

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