For the third straight year the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) will recognize talented middle and high school teachers whose students produce award winning projects having a naval or maritime theme in the annual National History Day (NHD) competition. Continuing a program started in 2018, NHF will present “Teacher of Distinction” awards to teachers whose students
With the release of Thomas Ostrom’s latest book, he has delivered the companion to his 2012 work, The United States Coast Guard and National Defense: A History from World War I to the Present. In Ostrom’s fourth book, the reader is provided with extensive research on naval actions from the origin of the Revenue Marine
By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. NHF Staff Historian The Naval Historical Foundation saddened with the news of the passing of one of its Life Members – Admiral James “Ace” Lyons who departed this world on December 12th. Asked to discuss his recently published Oceans Ventured, Winning the Cold War at Sea, (Norton, 2018) NHF Board
What do Chesapeake Bay oysters, Barbary pirates, the “quasi-war” between U.S. and French ships, and the Vietnam boat people have in common? They were all winning entries in the Naval Historical Foundation’s (NHF) 2018 National History Day (NHD) “Teacher of Distinction” awards program. NHF will once again recognize outstanding history teachers by awarding its Teacher
NHF Establishes ‘Teacher of Distinction’ Award for National History Day Teachers Inaugurating a new academic award, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) recognized 26 “Teachers of Distinction” in the 2018 National History Day (NHD) nationwide history competition for middle and high school students that concluded June 14 at the University of Maryland. The Foundation awards
The Defenders of Taffy 3: Analysis and Retelling of the Battle of Leyte Gulf by Byron G. Como. (2018.) Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This print-on-demand paperback book is destined to be the benchmark against which all future accounts of the struggle of Taffy 3 to survive its encounter with the Japanese Navy
Midshipman First Class Ryan Menke of Wichita, KS, receiving the NHF Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. Naval/Military History Award from former NHF executive director Captain Todd Creekman (USNA Class of 1969) and U.S. Naval Institute’s LCDR Tom Cutler (Gordon England Chair of Professional Naval Literature at
Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation Since 1945 by Rodic Braithwaite New York, Oxford University Press, 2018. 502 pp., $34.95 This book provides an overview of the part nuclear weapons have played within the world’s scientific, political, and military arena since the 1930s. While the main focus is on the development and deployment of
Davies, Peter E. US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-1973. Osprey Publishing, UK. 2018. 96 pages. Ill. $23. Peter Davies has written many Osprey books, including quite a few dealing with the F-4 in Vietnam. This new book, no. 125 in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series, continuing the story from No. 116
The Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) is honoring teachers whose students were recognized for outstanding scholarship in U.S. naval and maritime history at the 2018 National History Day Contest for middle and high school students. NHF will present its newly established Naval Historical Foundation Teachers of Distinction Award to teachers in this year’s National Contest. The
The Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable With the 75th anniversary of the creation of the rank of Fleet Admiral next year, and in conjunction with a Five-Star Mess Night scheduled for the Saturday May 19 NHF members and friends are invited to attend an informative and thought-provoking morning on
Ingram’s Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II By Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.). Heritage Books, Berwyn Heights, MD, (2017) Reviewed by Charles Bogart Commander Bruhn has crafted an excellent introductory book about an important but forgotten theater of
For over a hundred years, the main mast of the USS Maine stood sentry at Arlington Cemetery over the remains of 229 Sailors. Over time, the weather took its toll and the memorial deteriorated, so after extensive research and preparation the mast was taken down in 2014 for repair and restoration. The memorial beneath the mast
U-Boats Off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944 By Eric Wiberg, Fonthill Media, Charleston, SC: (2017). Reviewed by Timothy Heck Eric Wiberg’s U-Boats Off Bermuda recounts a story of the western side of the War in the Atlantic. With much of the scholarship focused on the combatants, and
