US NAVY 1942 MAPClick image to return to galleryThis U.S. Navy chart represents the culmination of four hundred years of cartography and is almost perfectly accurate (some detail of the interior of Santa Cruz is missing)—before satellites (compare with Modern maps). High level aerial ...
Featuring an annotated cutaway and artwork detailing both the interior and exterior features of the ships, this book explores the design, development, and deployment of both the Essex and Independence class of light carriers that were at the forefront of many actions in World War II, including ...
In June 1941, a full six months before Pearl Harbor, the United States had secretly begun work on constructing a naval base on the Foyle. Code-named ‘Base One Europe’, it was officially commissioned as US Naval Operating Base Londonderry on 5 February 1942. It remained the US Navy’s ...
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WAVES: Women in the WW2 US Navy Contributor: C. Peter Chen In 1919, a small group of women served with the United States Navy as nurses, answering to male officers. 23 years later, in early Aug 1942, female officer Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee was commissioned into the...
War Plan Red was approved in 1930 by Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley and Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams III. Updates came to the war plan in 1934 and 1935, but it was never presented to Congress for an actual war declaration. ...
From mid to late January 1942, as Singapore lay under siege, the U.S. Navy landed 20, 000 British troops from America’s three most important former ocean liners. A globe-circling voyage – the longest of the war – but unknown for decades. How it happened, and why it remains unknown...
They were initially excluded from many of the pre-war programs that turned out many of the pilots who later joined the ranks of the USAAF and US Navy. Many who ran these programs espoused the belief that they were incapable of the judgment needed for leadership, and that they had lacked ...
Within the military-industrial complex, there are no incentives to do the right thing. Those few who have a conscience and speak out honorably are punished, including truth-tellers in the enlisted ranks likeChelsea ManningandDaniel Hale. Even being an officer doesn’t make you immune. For his...
Compact field desk is great for historical re-enactments, history buffs, and home decor for small spaces. Model 1942, Pacific Theatre type desk.