Tag Archives: WW2

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

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

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

Norman’s Corner: Pointing to General Genda

Posted on April 11, 2013 by admin

By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the seventh in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar, author, analyst, and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) While in high school I became … Continue reading →

Posted in History, News, Norman Polmar | Tagged aircraft, carrier, foundation, Genda, General, Harbor, Historical, history, IJN, Japanese, Midway, Minoru, naval, navy, NHF, Norman, Pearl, Polmar, WW2 | 1 Comment

BOOK REVIEW – The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King – The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin

By Walter R. Borneman, Little, Brown and Company, New York, NY (2012). Reviewed by Captain Scott Mobley, U.S. Navy (Retired) Millions of men and women have served in the U.S. Navy since its founding more than two centuries ago, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Admirals, book, Borneman, FADM, fleet, foundation, Halsey, Historical, history, King, Leahy, naval, navy, NHF, Nimitz, review, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – Isaiah’s Eagles Rising: A Generation of Airmen (Second Edition)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin

By Bernard Thomas Nolan, Xlibris Corporation, Bloomington, IN (2012). Reviewed by Richard P. Hallion, Ph.D. Privately published memoirs constitute a mixed-bag of literature, with many generally offering more opinion than substance. However, bomber pilot Bernard Thomas Nolan’s Isaiah’s Eagles Rising … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged aerial, airpower, book, combat, Europe, foundation, Hallion, Historical, history, Isaiah, naval, navy, NHF, Nolan, review, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day

Posted on March 26, 2013 by admin

Written and Illustrated by Wayne Vansant. Zenith Press, Minneapolis, MN. (2012) Reviewed by John R. Satterfield, DBA. Scholars, writers, history buffs, movie producers and participants have minutely explored D-Day and the Normandy campaign. Thanks to thousands of books, articles and … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged 1944, book, cartoon, comic, D-Day, foundation, France, graphic, Historical, history, invasion, naval, navy, NHF, Normandy, novel, Overlord, review, Vansant, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

Call for Papers – 1944: Seventy Years On, An International Conference

Posted on March 25, 2013 by admin

“1944: Seventy Years On” An International Conference 14-17 April 2014 Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Global War Studies and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are pleased to announce an international conference on the Second World War with 1944 as the core … Continue reading →

Posted in Call for Papers, Call for Proposals | Tagged Academy, CFP, conference, foundation, Global, Historical, history, naval, navy, NHF, Royal, Sandhurst, Studies, symposium, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – The United States Coast Guard and National Defense: A History from World War I to the Present

Posted on March 18, 2013 by admin

By Thomas P. Ostrom., McFarland & Company, Jefferson, NC. (2012). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart Anyone interested in the United States Coast Guard will want to read this well-written and researched book. The book consists of fifteen chapters and three … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Bogart, book, Coast, Cold, defense, foundation, Guard, Historical, history, national, naval, navy, NHF, Ostrom, review, USCG, vietnam, war, world, WW1, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – The Navy in Norco

Posted on March 15, 2013 by admin

By Kevin Bash and Brigitte Louxtel. Arcadia Publishing, Mount Pleasant SC. (2011) Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book is part of the Images of America series. Norco, California, is located some 50 miles east of Long Beach. On 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged Bash, Bogart, book, California, corpsman, foundation, Historical, history, hospital, Louxtel, medicine, naval, navy, NHF, Norco, review, Tuberculosis, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – British Light Cruisers 1939-45

Posted on February 26, 2013 by admin

By Angus Konstam, illus. by Paul Wright, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK. (2012). Reviewed by Richard P. Hallion, Ph.D. Generally speaking, light cruisers have not received as much attention from historians and novelists as have other vessels, though they have figured … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged book, British, cruiser, foundation, Historical, history, HMS, Konstam, light, naval, navy, NHF, Osprey, review, Royal, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

BOOK REVIEW – The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

Posted on February 26, 2013 by admin

By Linda Kush, Osprey Publishing, (2012) Reviewed by David Kronenfeld The Rice Paddy Navy relates the unique story of the Sino-American Cooperation Organization (SACO), an intelligence and special operations unit of the US Navy in China during World War II. … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged asia, book, china, foundation, guerilla, Historical, history, Kush, naval, navy, NHF, paddy, review, rice, SACO, war, world, WW2 | 1 Comment

BOOK REVIEW – USN Destroyer VS IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943

Posted on February 26, 2013 by admin

By Mark E. Stille, with contributors, Osprey Publishing, Long Island City, NY (2012) Reviewed by Michael F. Solecki The naval frigates known as “destroyers” first came into their own in the Pacific Theater of World War II. These ships evolved … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews | Tagged book, destroyer, foundation, Historical, history, IJN, naval, navy, NHF, Osprey, pacific, review, Stille, USS, war, world, WW2 | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: WW2

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

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

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

Norman’s Corner: Pointing to General Genda

BOOK REVIEW – The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King – The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea

BOOK REVIEW – Isaiah’s Eagles Rising: A Generation of Airmen (Second Edition)

BOOK REVIEW – Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day

Call for Papers – 1944: Seventy Years On, An International Conference

BOOK REVIEW – The United States Coast Guard and National Defense: A History from World War I to the Present

BOOK REVIEW – The Navy in Norco

BOOK REVIEW – British Light Cruisers 1939-45

BOOK REVIEW – The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

BOOK REVIEW – USN Destroyer VS IJN Destroyer: The Pacific 1943

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