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Lt. Cmdr Russell flying over a glacier near Prince William Sound. August 1942. US Navy photo

James Russell’s Influences On USS Franklin

July 18, 2023
Official Photo of Admiral James Russell, who, as a Lt. Cmdr, just prior...
Admiral James S. Russell / Leadership / USS Franklin
Admiral Nimitz arrives at Naval air Station Alameda 9 December 1942

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

July 10, 2023
One of the topics I want to cover in my book is why...
Emerging Technologies / Leadership / Logistics
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

July 2, 2023
Amelia Earhart standing under the nose of her aircraft, a Martin Electra, March...
Amelia Earhart / Stephen Jurika
Photo taken 4 May 1944 at Newport News Shipyard

Big Ben And The Butterfly Effect

June 30, 2023
Born in a small town in Indiana in 1910, Fred Stalcup became a...
USS Franklin
USS Franklin Band, The Flattoppers, taken late 1944, courtesy of Dean Slejko.

Big Ben’s Big Band, The Franklin Flattoppers

June 6, 2023
Saxes, left to right: Ed Slejko, Eddie DiMartino, Earl Bergman, Ray Beller, Deane...
USS Franklin / USS Franklin Flattoppers
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Honoring Lt Colonel Edwin L. Atterberry, USAF

May 29, 2023
Official photo of Captain Edwin Lee Atterberry, USAF Credit United States Air Force...
Lt. Col Edwin Atterberry
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

May 19, 2023
Chaplain O'Callahan giving last rites to a sailor (who survived). On Friday, May...
19 march / USS Franklin
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

May 7, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/embed/B5JbXRDOP60 I search YouTube for oral histories and documentaries on World War II...
Books, Movies, Videos, and other media
USS Franklin In New York Harbor April 1945 80-G-K-4760

Blooded But Unbowed, USS Franklin Arrives In New York

April 28, 2023
USS FRANKLIN (CV-13) arrives at New York Navy Yard for repair of battle...
Captain Leslie Gehres / Stephen Jurika / USS Franklin
80-G-41196. An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from Hornet at the start of the Doolittle raid, 18 April 1942.

USS Franklin’s Connection To The Doolittle Raid

April 18, 2023
An Army Air Force B-25B bomber takes off from Hornet at the start...
Stephen Jurika / USS Hornet CV-8

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