AFTER ACTION BLOG

Captain Leslie Gehres—Martinet Or Magnificent?

Commodore Leslie Gehres shown with his Distinguished Flying Cross awarded for his actions...
“Grunge Heroes” by Stephen Wolfson for Creative Commons was generated by the Midjourney Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform with the text prompt “a grunge band from the 1990s made up of superheroes.” CC dedicates any rights it holds to the image to the public domain.

Embracing Artificial Intelligence-Three Tips To Survive The (R)evolution

“EU Pixelated” by Creative Commons was cropped from an image generated using Artificial...
Lt. Cmdr Russell flying over a glacier near Prince William Sound. August 1942. US Navy photo

James Russell’s Influences On USS Franklin

Official Photo of Admiral James Russell, who, as a Lt. Cmdr, just prior...
Admiral Nimitz arrives at Naval air Station Alameda 9 December 1942

How Logistics Evolved To Help Win WW II In The Central Pacific

One of the topics I want to cover in my book is why...
Amelia Earhart standing under the nose of her aircraft, a Martin Electra, March 1937. She disappeared in the Pacific on July 2, 1937.

Stephen Jurika And His Search For Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart standing under the nose of her aircraft, a Martin Electra, March...
Photo taken 4 May 1944 at Newport News Shipyard

Big Ben And The Butterfly Effect

Born in a small town in Indiana in 1910, Fred Stalcup became a...
USS Franklin Band, The Flattoppers, taken late 1944, courtesy of Dean Slejko.

Big Ben’s Big Band, The Franklin Flattoppers

Saxes, left to right: Ed Slejko, Eddie DiMartino, Earl Bergman, Ray Beller, Deane...
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Honoring Lt Colonel Edwin L. Atterberry, USAF

Official photo of Captain Edwin Lee Atterberry, USAF Credit United States Air Force...
Father O'Callahan tends to a wounded man on the Franklin's flight deck. Credit: Naval History and Heritage Command

“Heroism,” A Common Theme In News Reports of USS Franklin Attack

Chaplain O'Callahan giving last rites to a sailor (who survived). On Friday, May...
Daily Calisthenics on the flight deck of USS Yorktown CV-10, an Essex class carrier, during the summer of 1943. Planes are Grumman F6F-3 HELLCAT fighters.

Life Aboard An Essex Class Carrier During WWII

https://www.youtube.com/embed/B5JbXRDOP60 I search YouTube for oral histories and documentaries on World War II...