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Naval History Magazine - December 2011 Volume 25, Number 6

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A Grim December
Issue: Naval History Magazine - December 2011 Volume 25, Number 6
By: Jonathan Parshall
As bombs were dropping on Pearl Harbor, thousands of miles to the west Japan unleashed a juggernaut that would soon roll over Allied defenses in Malaya and the Philippines...
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  • Requiem for James Hackett
    Shipbuilder for John Paul Jones and the newborn United States, the veteran of Rogers’ Rangers epitomized the...

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Pearl Harbor's Overlooked Answer
From official investigations to conspiracy theories, efforts to account for how the United States was caught so...
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Redemption at the Hand of the Enemy
With his checkered past and poor health, the lieutenant was hanging on to a Navy career by his fingernails. That all...
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Naval Aviation's Most Serious Crisis?
During an era of budget cutbacks for the Navy and uncertainty about the future of carrier aviation, senior admirals...
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Red River Fiasco
In March 1864, David Dixon Porter boldly started up the Red River with an overpowering naval force. Two frustrating...
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Happy 65th Birthday, Mister Roberts
One of literature’s most beloved naval characters made a splash in print, on stage, and on screen; his real-life...
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Contributors

Jeffrey G. Barlow is a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command. He has written more than a dozen chapters for...

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On Our Scope

“What new can possibly be written about that battle?” is a question we’ve all heard. The answer, as any history aficionado...

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Flight Line - The First Century’s Final Decades

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Members Only Stories

A Grim December
As bombs were dropping on Pearl Harbor, thousands of miles to the west Japan unleashed a juggernaut that would soon roll...
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Requiem for James Hackett
Shipbuilder for John Paul Jones and the newborn United States, the veteran of Rogers’ Rangers epitomized the...
Read More
Naval History Digital Edition

A digital edition of the December issue of Naval...

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In Contact

Vets Weigh In on Santa Cruz Mysteries

Lieutenant Commander Richard J. Nowatzki, U.S. Navy (Retired)

I would...

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Naval History News

NASA Legend HighlightsU.S. Naval Institute History Conference

With a special video address from former President George H. W. Bush,...

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Looking Back - Airborne in Annapolis

When first-year midshipmen enter the U.S. Naval Academy now, they have been thoroughly tested, profiled, and scrutinized on “whole-person...

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Historic Fleets - A Lady in White

Captain Erik G. Hakansson, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, stood on the deck of the hospital ship Solace (AH-5) with a movie camera as the...

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Historic Aircraft - First of the Many

The name Douglas has long been associated with outstanding U.S. naval attack aircraft—especially the SBD Dauntless, AD Skyraider, A3D...

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Book Reviews

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat Myths, Deceptions

Alan D. Zimm. Philadelphia: Casemate Publishers, 2011. 480 pp...

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Museum Report - Fine Nautical Works in a Fine Arts Museum

One could be excused for not thinking of Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts as “maritime.” But one of its lower-level galleries...

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