Things I Have Learned

USS Yorktown, CV-10, shown underway in June 1944 during the Marianas campaign. The photo is taken from a plane flying off her port side. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a. There are twenty-eight aircraft parked on her flight deck aft with folded wings. Photo credit US National Archives 80-G-238298

How Eleanor Roosevelt Prevented A Curse

May 15, 2024
Underway during the Marianas operation, June 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 10a. Official U.S. Navy...
Eleanor Roosevelt / Things I Have Learned / US Navy

Thank You Teachers!

May 10, 2024
I am haunted by the ghosts of my teachers. As I research my book on USS Franklin, I find myself...
Me / Things I Have Learned
Massive smoke clouds and flames issue from USS Bunker Hill on 11 May 1945 strikes by two kamikazes. (US Navy 80-G-274266)

“Information on and Means for Combating Suicide Plane Attacks”

April 29, 2024
USS Franklin (CV-13), at right, and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) afire after being hit by Japanese suicide plane attacks, while...
Kamikaze attack / Strategy and Tactics / Things I Have Learned
A smiling Julia Moore taken in her 70s. Photo courtesy of Hal Moore, Jr.

Julia Moore, Army Wife, Takes On The US Army–And Wins

November 17, 2023
Within the course of several weeks, I learned the story behind the change in notification of next of kin from...
Things I Have Learned / What I am Reading

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