Naval History Magazine - December 2009 Volume 23, Number 6

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Looking Back
Issue: Naval History Magazine - December 2009 Volume 23, Number 6
By: Paul Stillwell

A Survivor's Tale

Some people are particularly gifted at describing the lives they have experienced. One man who had that narrative ability in large measure was Richard Harralson, who...

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Nearing a publishing deadline is always a hectic time for editors. That's especially true when the Naval History issue we're working on...

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More Than Just Blockade Duty
The Union Navy's West Gulf Blockading Squadron did more than merely maintain "a vigorous blockade at every point." In...
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'Go Ahead, Go Ahead'
With the Battle of Mobile Bay's outcome hanging in the balance as his squadron's ships quickly piled up before Confederate Fort...
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How the Japanese Did It
Most studies of the Pearl Harbor attack focus on what American commanders and leaders did wrong. But the key to understanding why...
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Cornered at the Bottom of the East China Sea
On her tenth war patrol, the USS Tambor survived one of the worst depth-charge attacks experienced by an American submarine during...
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Looking Back

A Survivor's Tale

Some people are particularly gifted at describing the lives they have experienced. One man who had that narrative...

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Museum Report

The World's Oldest Battleship

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Naval History Digital Edition

A digital edition of the ...

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In Contact

'Book Review: Battle of Surigao Strait'

(See T. Bean, p. 68,...

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Historic Aircraft

The First to Go Up and Down

The Hawker Siddeley Kestrel was not a naval aircraft. But the British airplane had a profound impact on U.S....

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Historic Fleets

Cool Courage Under Hot Fire

Clearly, a fight lay ahead in late July 1864, and Commander J. R. Madison Mullany keenly desired to take part...

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Confluence of Careers Mobile Bay
David Glasgow Farragut and Franklin Buchanan each served for decades in the small antebellum U.S. Navy. But their naval careers...
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Who Will Hear the Bells?
A German Navy chaplain's letter s home highlight his efforts to bolster the spiritual, emotional, and patriotic sentiments of his...
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Growing Up with the Pearl Harbor Story
Years after he accompanied his father, a Pearl Harbor veteran, back to the scene of the 7 December 1941 attack, the author...
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Found: The Alexander Hamilton

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The Age of the Ship of the Line: The British and French Navies, 1650-1815

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