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SAILOR FROM OKLAHOMA





SAILOR FROM OKLAHOMA


by Floyd Beaver



	Floyd Beaver left Oklahoma to enlist in the U.S. Navy on June 6, 1939, and over the course of World War II served in fifteen ships. He saw combat...





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SHE'S JUST ANOTHER NAVY PILOT





SHE'S JUST ANOTHER NAVY PILOT


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When the USS Abraham Lincoln left San Diego in April 1995 for a six-month deployment in the Persian Gulf, it was the first Pacific Fleet ship to go...





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STARS IN BLUE





STARS IN BLUE


by James E. Wise, Jr.


James Wise - Naval Institute Press Author of the Year, Third Prize
The lives of movie stars are often more closely followed than those of political...





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TAIWAN'S STATESMAN





TAIWAN'S STATESMAN


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A well-known observer of Taiwan and Asian history and culture provides an insightful biography of Lee Teng Hui, the pro-democracy statesman and...





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A HOME ON THE ROLLING MAIN


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From first joining the Royal Navy in 1940 until the end of the campaign against Japan, Ditcham was in the front line of the naval war. After brief...





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BALDWIN OF THE TIMES


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Hanson W. Baldwin, a New York Times's editor for almost forty years, was one of America's best-known military writers and analysts of World...





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BULL HALSEY





BULL HALSEY


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Applauded by the public and revered by the men who served under him, Adm. William F. Halsey was one of the leading American personalities of World...





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FLOATING PRISON





FLOATING PRISON


by Louis Garneray


In 1806 Lt. Louis Garneray's ship was en route to France when it was captured by the Royal Navy. Confined for nine years with hundreds of others in...





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NIMITZ





NIMITZ


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Called a great book worthy of a great man, this definitive biography of the commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II, first published...





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TEDDY SUHREN





TEDDY SUHREN


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	Teddy Suhren, the commander of U-564, was one of the most successful U-boat skippers of World War II. He is said to have fired more successful...





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THE ABLEST NAVIGATOR


by J. Wandres


This action-packed biography focuses on a 1944 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, who was one of only fifty Jewish midshipmen commissioned in his...





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BECTON





BECTON


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 American Veterans Center's "2008 Raymond G. Davis Award"  
This autobiography, published in cooperation with the...





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BENEATH THE WAVES





BENEATH THE WAVES


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	The U.S. Navy's best known submarine officer, Capt. Edward L. Beach, enjoyed fame both as a bestselling author and as a highly decorated naval...





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BLACK SHEEP





BLACK SHEEP


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Named a Proceedings Notable Naval Books of 2011
The turbulent life of Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the top U.S. Marine ace of the Pacific, is...





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BLACK SHOE CARRIER ADMIRAL


by John Lundstrom


“It is very difficult to turn around a half century of conventional wisdom, but John Lundstrom has done it. In a careful but readable way, he...





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