Thus begins a quarter-century of violent peace. Terrorist and rogue states around the world prompt a political decision to switch the Navy from a barrier force to an attack force. During Desert Storm, a mighty Navy sealift transports a complex military force to the battle zone and lends it ...
When the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917, the Arkansas was attached to US Battleship Division Seven. In July 1918 the Arkansas was sent to Scotland to support the British Navy, becoming a part of the British Grand Fleet, assigned to the Sixth Battle Squadron. The Arkan...
Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal lugged his bulky Speed Graphic camera to the top, and as five Marines and a Navy corpsman prepared to hoist the Stars and Stripes, Rosenthal stepped back to get a better frame—and almost missed the shot. “The sky was overcast,” he later wrote ...
During World War II in the Pacific, five U.S. Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raised the flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, on February 23, 1945. The photo, which actually shows the second flag raising on Mount Suribachi, was taken by...
Five Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise the flag on Mount Suribachi,Iwo Jima,using a piece of Japanese pipe as a mast, February 23, 1945. Three of the flag raisers were later killed as the fighting raged on. By March 16, when Iwo Jima was declared secured, 6,821 Americans and...
From June to November 1969 I was a Navy corpsman working for Army Intelligence in Viet Nam, operating three networks that ran east to west in Tay Ninh and ... T Laflam - 《Military》 被引量: 0发表: 2018年 In the Armpit of an Angel's Wing From June to November 1969 I was a Navy...
After the November 11, 1918, armistice, the German High Seas Fleet was interned in the Royal Navy’s northern fleet anchorage of Scapa Flow, off the northern coast of Scotland. It steamed through a double line of British battleships, all of which were at general quarters, with main batteries...