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BOOK REVIEW – Refighting the Pacific War: An Alternative History of World War II

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Edited by Jim Bresnahan, Naval Institute Press, 2011. Reviewed by Rear Admiral Ed Keats, USN (Ret) Counter factional histories have been popular with chimerical writers over many years. I can recall from high school days being fascinated with a book … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – A Plain Sailorman in China: The Life and Times of Cdr. I. V. Gillis, USN, 1875-1948

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

By Bruce Swanson with Vance H. Morrison, Don H. McDowell, and Nancy N. Tomasko, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2012) Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. A Plain Sailorman in China by Bruce Swanson discussed the life of I. V. … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

By Ian W. Toll, W.W. Norton Company, New York, London, (2011). Reviewed by Rear Adm. Richard Gentz, USN (Ret.) Do not expect an objective review to follow! I was an immediate fan of Ian Toll when I found his first … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

By Steven J. Zaloga, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, (2011) Reviewed by Rear Admiral Ed Keats, U.S. Navy (Retired) In 1944, the Japanese high command realized they had been defeated in the war against the United States. Their efforts then concentrated … Continue reading →

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A New Independent Film Project: The Battle off Samar

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

We recently learned about a new film project being developed about the Battle off Samar. An independent group of filmmakers is working on a virtual recreation of this pivotal American victory in the Pacific during World War II – one … Continue reading →

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Rare Pearl Harbor Attack Footage

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

Iconic images of U.S. Navy warships under attack and on fire at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 are seared into the collective American memory. Yet the total amount of moving picture footage of the surprise Japanese attack in Hawaii … Continue reading →

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Slade Cutter: A Letter Home from Pearl Harbor

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

Slade Cutter (1911–2005) was a career U.S. naval officer and a legendary submariner. He gained early notoriety as an All-American football player at the Naval Academy, and was later named to the College Football Hall of Fame. As commanding officer … Continue reading →

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USS Houston Survivors Dedicate New Model Case

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

On Thursday 17 November the National Museum of the United States Navy hosted a remarkable event to honor those who were lost and those who survived the sinking of USS Houston (CA 30) on 1 March 1942 off Java.  Over … Continue reading →

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