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Naval History Magazine - October 2004 Volume 18, Number 5

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A Grasshopper Survives Samar

Issue: Naval History Magazine - October 2004 Volume 18, Number 5

By: Lieutenant Colonel Jean L. Chase

 
Sidebar: "So Beautifully and Bravely Fought"

A U.S. Army artillery spotter, a "Grasshopper pilot" used to flying a little...

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A Grasshopper Survives Samar

 
Sidebar: "So Beautifully and Bravely Fought"

A U.S. Army artillery spotter...

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Understanding Kuritas Mysterious Retreat

Was he “either a coward or a great seaman,” victim of a ruse concocted by Admiral William F. Halsey’s...

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'Football over Baseball Was a No-Brainer'

He won the 1960 Heisman Trophy as the top college football player in the nation, becoming the first of only two U.S. Naval...

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Ballfield to Battlefield

A number of Navy football players took what they learned on the gridiron with them as they went on to serve with distinction...

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