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USS Franklin (CV-13) Documentaries, Videos, And Oral Histories

June 7, 2024
Until my book comes out, here are other sources that provide more information about USS Franklin (CV-13). Documentaries I want...
Admiral James S. Russell / Books, Movies, Videos, and other media / Research / Stephen Jurika / The Museum of the Pacific War / USS Franklin
Ship formation used during daylight of Task Force 58. In a round circle the carrier flag ship is at the center. To its port and starboard are two other carriers, with a light carrier behind it. Surrounding them are battleships, cruisers and destroyers. This formation, called 5-VD, is used when the probability of air attack is high and that of submarine attack is low.

US Navy Task Force 58 Ship Formations

February 21, 2024
Readers familiar with the US Pacific Fleet in World War II know that the US carriers would sail into harm’s...
Admiral Marc Mitscher / Research / Strategy and Tactics
“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

July 24, 2023
“EU Pixelated” by Creative Commons was cropped from an image generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the DALL-E 2 AI...
Artificial Intelligence / Emerging Technologies / Research
Selection of the books I'm using for research

How Being a Continuous Learner Helps Research My Book on USS Franklin

April 16, 2023
Being a continuous learner has kept me focused on writing my first book about USS Franklin. I have always been...
Me / Research / USS Franklin / Workflow

15 Facebook Groups I Use For Research

July 10, 2022
When I was in high school, my English teachers taught me to use the library's card catalog, the Dewey Decimal...
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US Navy Chain of Command In the Pacific Ocean Area

My Three Phases of Research

July 8, 2022
At my Toastmasters meeting yesterday,  a fellow member asked me when my book would be ready. I told him it...
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How I Chose My Title

June 3, 2022
I suppose for some authors and writers, a title comes easy. Not so in my case. I planned to title...
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