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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) Battle Ensign Donated to Navy

Posted on May 13, 2013 by admin

Last month, a truly unique piece of history found a new home in the collection of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). The 48 star battle ensign of the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) was transferred … Continue reading →

Posted in Donation, History, News | Tagged battle, Copeland, destroyer, ensign, escort, flag, foundation, Gulf, Historical, history, leyte, naval, navy, NHF, NROTC, Roberts, samar, Samuel, Skau, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

Posted on May 13, 2013 by admin

By Paula E. Calvin and Deborah A. Deacon, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, NC & London (2011) Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. Art historians Paula Calvin and Deborah Deacon take readers on a journey through two and a half … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Ahmad, artists, book, calvin, combat, deacon, female, foundation, Historical, history, naval, navy, NHF, review, war, women | Leave a comment

Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II

Posted on May 9, 2013 by admin

By Andre Sobocinski, Historian, U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery When the Naval Air Transport Service (NATS) R4D broke through the clouds of volcanic dust and smoke to land on Iwo Jima on March 6, 1945, it carried more … Continue reading →

Posted in History, News | Tagged air, evacuation, foundation, Guam, Historical, history, II, Iwo, Jima, medicine, naval, navy, NHF, nurse, Okinawa, pacific, patient, Sobocinski, war, world, wounded, WW2 | Leave a comment

In Their Own Words: A New Look at the Naval War of 1812

Posted on May 1, 2013 by admin

The emotions captured by the War of 1812: patriotic fervor, anxiety, the immediacy of the moment, the joy of peace… all and more abound in In Their Own Words. Whether encouraging peers, issuing orders to subordinates, lamenting a hero’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, History, News | Tagged 1812, Admiral, book, document, Emery, foundation, Historical, history, letter, naval, navy, NHF, officers, own, sailor, war, words | 5 Comments

NHF Working to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of POW Return

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the return of American Prisoners of War held by the North Vietnamese. Many of the POWs were naval aviators, and the Naval Historical Foundation, in conjunction with the National Museum of the United … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Gallery, History, News | Tagged bars, battle, behind, Cold, exhibit, foundation, Gallery, Historical, history, naval, navy, NHF, POW, prisoner, vietnam, war | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – The Zimmermann Telegram

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

By Thomas Boghardt, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD (2012) Reviewed by Capt. Winn Price USNR (Ret.) I thoroughly enjoyed this tale from the black world of cryptology. Espionage novels replete with the ‘shaken-not-stirred’ womanizers and drivers of fast cars, abound … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Boghardt, book, foundation, Germany, Historical, history, Mexico, naval, navy, NHF, review, telegram, war, world, WW1, zimmerman | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – Seabee Teams in Vietnam, 1963 – 1968

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

Edited by Kenneth E. Bingham. NMCB-8 Association, Ventura, CA (2013). Reviewed by Charles Bogart The subtitle of this book is “The 13-Man Teams That Helped Rural Vietnamese and who Fought Alongside the Special Forces.” The introduction of the book under … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged battalion, Bingham, Bogart, book, construction, foundation, Historical, history, MCB, mobile, naval, navy, NHF, review, SEABEE, vietnam, war | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

By Ronald D. Utt, Regnery Publishing, Washington, DC, (2012). Reviewed by David Curtis Skaggs, Ph.D. Entering the lists of War of 1812 naval history contenders is Ronald Utt’s Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron that seeks to demonstrate that this … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged 1812, book, foundation, guns, Historical, history, Iron, naval, navy, NHF, Oak, review, ships, Skaggs, Utt, war | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – The Privateering Stroke: Salem’s Privateers in the War of 1812

Posted on April 24, 2013 by admin

By Michael Rutstein, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Salem, MA (2012). Reviewed by James C. Bradford, Ph.D. Despite its important role in American defense policy from the Revolution through the War of 1812, privateering has never been the subject of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged 1812, book, Bradford, foundation, Historical, history, Massachusetts, naval, navy, NHF, privateer, review, Rutstein, Salem, war | Leave a comment

Seawolf: Maritime Strategy Covered In Sub History Seminar

Posted on April 23, 2013 by admin

With the Covert Submarine Operations exhibit in the National Museum of the U.S. Navy’s Cold War Gallery serving as a backdrop, a large crowd filled the Gallery’s North Hall on the evening of 11 April 2013 (coinciding with the Submarine … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Gallery, History, News | Tagged Brooks, Cold, firebaugh, foundation, Gallery, Historical, history, Holland, league, lecture, maritime, naval, navy, NHF, NSL, seawolf, seminar, strategy, submarine, Swartz, symposium, war | Leave a comment

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

Posted on April 22, 2013 by admin

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 →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged alternate, Bresnahan, foundation, guadalcanal, Harbor, Historical, history, Japan, Keats, Midway, naval, navy, NHF, pacific, Pearl, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

Call for Papers – Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars: Contemporary Relevance and Historical Importance

Posted on April 15, 2013 by admin

11-12 April 2014 Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich Global War Studies and the Greenwich Maritime Institute are pleased to announce an international conference on the naval and maritime history of the First and Second World Wars. On the centenary … Continue reading →

Posted in Call for Papers, Call for Proposals | Tagged articles, CFP, conference, foundation, Global, Greenwich, Historical, history, institute, maritime, naval, navy, NHF, papers, Studies, symposium, war, world, WW1, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps’ Desperate Defense of the Philippines

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

By John Gordon, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (2011). Reviewed by Captain Roger F. Jones, U.S. Navy (Retired) This is a book well worth reading from several standpoints. First, the role of the Navy and Marine Corps in the defense … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged book, defense, foundation, Gordon, Historical, history, invasion, Japanese, Jones, MacArthur, naval, navy, NHF, Philippines, review, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-69

Posted on April 12, 2013 by admin

By Edward J. Drea, Washington, D.C.:Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, (2011). Reviewed by Dr. Richard P. Hallion The historians within the Office of the Secretary of Defense have established an enviable reputation for meticulously researched and well-crafted … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged book, Clifford, Drea, foundation, Hallion, Historical, history, McNamara, naval, navy, NHF, review, SECDEF, secretary, vietnam, war | Leave a comment

Naval Aviators Visit Cold War Gallery

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

On 3 April 2013, three retired naval aviators paid their first visit to the Cold War Gallery at the Washington Navy Yard, to view some of the Navy Museum’s newest exhibits. Of particular interest to them was the Ready … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Gallery, History, Navy Museum, News | Tagged aviator, Bronson, Clansmen, Cold, Feuilloy, foundation, Gallery, Historical, history, JFK, Kunkle, Mears, naval, navy, NHF, Ready, Room, VA-46, war | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: war

USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) Battle Ensign Donated to Navy

BOOK REVIEW – American Women Artists in Wartime, 1776-2010

Angels of the Airfields: Navy Air Evacuation Nurses of World War II

In Their Own Words: A New Look at the Naval War of 1812

NHF Working to Commemorate 40th Anniversary of POW Return

BOOK REVIEW – The Zimmermann Telegram

BOOK REVIEW – Seabee Teams in Vietnam, 1963 – 1968

BOOK REVIEW – Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron: The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

BOOK REVIEW – The Privateering Stroke: Salem’s Privateers in the War of 1812

Seawolf: Maritime Strategy Covered In Sub History Seminar

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

Call for Papers – Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars: Contemporary Relevance and Historical Importance

BOOK REVIEW – Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps’ Desperate Defense of the Philippines

BOOK REVIEW – McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-69

Naval Aviators Visit Cold War Gallery

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