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Fully decked out with flags for the New York Fleet Review, the dreadnought USS Michigan rests at anchor in the Hudson River opposite President Ulysses S. Grant’s tomb in a painting by Tom Freeman. Our package of articles about the Michigan, her sister ship, the South Carolina, and the U.S...
An Overdue Pacific War Perspective By Richard B. Frank - The HBO miniseries "The Pacific" provides a much-needed and refreshing look at the Pacific Theater of World War II. It...
In a drawing by Herbert C. Hahn, U.S. Navy F4U Corsairs from the Boxer (CV-21) attack communist positions in the port of Mokpo, South Korea, during the early stages of the Korean War. Throughout the conflict, naval air power played a key role supporting United Nations ground forces as well as...
A diver examines ancient containers on the floor of the Aegean Sea off Serce Limani, Turkey. Analysis of DNA residue in these artifacts can yield a wealth of information about the past. See “The Trouble with Treasure.”
Lawrence Beall-Smith’s 1943 oil painting Coming Aboard depicts the swirl of activity on a busy flight deck as handling crews sprint to take charge of Dauntless scout bombers just back from patrol.
U.S. Marines march south from Koto-ri in December 1950, fighting their way through Chinese communist forces in sub-zero weather.