Osaka, Japan. Identified, left to right: Lieutenant (Lt) James W Haviland, United States Navy, USS Penguin; Lt John L Nestor, US Navy, USS R L Barnes; Major G V Porter, US Army; Mr H P Havenor, US Bureau of the Budget; and Lt Arnold J Carlson, US Navy, Supply. Most of the...
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On 3 June 1944, Second Platoon, 42d Field Hospital (the unit was divided over different ships) was back aboard the “Susan B. Anthony” (acquired by the US Navy 7 August 1942, converted to troopship, took part in the North Africa landings, the Sicily occupation, and the invasion of Fr...
As we drive irresponsibly on the way home from movie theaters, calculating whether or not we are too old to actually join the Navy and fixate anew on the folklore that has always surrounded our nation’s most elite military aviators, a great, bipartisan thing is shaping up in Congress (beli...
Cold War US Unarmored Vehicles Crawler-Crusher, or “The Monster” United States of America (1968-1969) Civil Engineering Vehicle – 1 Built Background – The Cross Florida Barge Canal: “The Ditch of Dreams” As far back as 1565 with Governor Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was ...
The Air Force and Navy are the services that will carry the brunt. The Army will have nothing to do, as we’re not going to land troops in Asia. Drones will play a part, but they’ll more likely be swarming over ships, or acting as “loyal wingmen” to — you guessed it — mann...
President Harry Truman was not a strong supporter of the Marines. In August of 1950, he said: “The Marine Corps is the Navy’s police force, and as long as I’m President, that’s what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin’s.” A public ...
In the Pacific, the Army operated several amphibious brigades of DUKWs; US Navy-crewed DUKWs also supported landings in the Mediterranean and Normandy. Loading an amtrac; the LVT-4 of 1944 could hold about 34 passengers, and had a rear ramp, which made loading and unloading much easier ...