Chief Journalist  Joseph D. Harrington served in USS Card (CVE-11) during World War II, and in USS Prairie (AD-15) and USS Helena (CA-75) during the Korean Conflict. He has written many articles for national magazines and is a frequent contributor to Proceedings. 

Articles by Joseph D. Harrington

Diorama of the USS Yorktown losing speed and listing by Bel Geddes

I Sank the Yorktown at Midway

By Yahachi Tanabe, formerly Lieutenant Commander, Imperial Japanese Navy, With Joseph D. Harrington
May 1963
Commander Tanabe's torpedoing of the USS Yorktown on 6 June 1942 was small revenge for the loss of four Japanese carriers at Midway.

Kaiten...Japan's Human Torpedoes

By Yutaka Yokota and Joseph D. Harrington, JOG, USN
January 1962
One of the most deadly naval weapons of World War II was Japan’s “Long Lance” torpedo. It sank or badly damaged 15 U. S. cruisers. When the war began to ...
Portrait of Nobuo Fujita in his flying suit

I Bombed the U.S.A.

By Nobuo Fujita, formerly Warrant Flying Officer, Imperial Japanese Navy and Chief Journalist Joseph D. Harrington, U. S. Navy
June 1961
When the messenger entered my room, he found me cleaning my pistol, an odd thing to be doing at four o’clock in the morning. It was 9 September 1942. “Captain ...

The Fleet Reserve Association

By Chief Journalist Joseph D. Harrington, U. S. Navy and Chief Journalist William J. Miller, U. S. Navy
April 1956
The summer of 1955 saw some 20,000 passenger cars roll onto America’s highways, each bearing in luminous blue-and-gold this boast: “The Navy’s My Career. Ask Me About It.” Drivers of ...

Every Weapon To The Fray

By Chief Fire Controlman J. D. Harrington, U. S. Navy
January 1954
The junior officer has looked down recently to find the gauntlet of challenge flung at his feet. He has seen that there exists among enlisted men of the United States ...