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CIRCLE OF TREASON

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Watch SANDY GRIMES talk about the Ames Mole Hunt on "Fox Files" Watch SANDY GRIMES presentation at the National Archives, 20...

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THE MEASURE OF A MAN

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  BOOK NEWS: The Measure of a Man: My Father, the Marine Corps, and Saipan by Naval Institute Press   Maj. Roger G. B. Broome, USMCR, died...

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TRUE BELIEVER

TRUE BELIEVER

by Scott W. Carmichael

Read the extensive feature article on Montes in April 18, 2013 issue of The Washington Post magazine Ana Montes appeared to be a model employee of...

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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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A PLAIN SAILORMAN IN CHINA

by Bruce Swanson

“A Plain Sailorman in China is beautifully written and a pleasure to read; an inspiration.  The companion authors’ appendix, I.V....

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ADMIRALS OF THE NEW STEEL NAVY

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This collection of interpretive, biographical essays on the admirals of the new steel navy continues the story of the development of the American...

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AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AT WAR

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AT WAR

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  Recommended reading as part of the Chief of Naval Operation's Professional Reading Program! Recipient of the 2011 Admiral of the Navy...

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ALONE ON GUADALCANAL

ALONE ON GUADALCANAL

by W.F. Martin Clemens

This remarkable memoir tells the compelling story of the near-mythic British district officer who helped shape the first great Allied...

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AMERICA'S FIRST FROGMAN

AMERICA'S FIRST FROGMAN

by Elizabeth Kauffman Bush

Although bad eyesight kept him from receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy when he graduated from the Naval Academy in 1933, Draper Kauffman became...

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AN AMERICAN ADVENTURE

AN AMERICAN ADVENTURE

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A memoir of extraordinary scope, William Lloyd Stearman's reminiscences will attract those interested in early aviation, World War II in the...

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AN UNSUNG SOLDIER

by Robert S. Jordan

Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster was one of the leading soldier-scholars of his time. He was one of the key figures during the Cold War - one who stood...

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AUTHORS AT SEA

AUTHORS AT SEA

by Robert Shenk

Seven Pulitzer Prize winners are among the authors featured in this collection of works by eminent American writers who shared a common experience:...

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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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BATTLESHIP SAILOR

BATTLESHIP SAILOR

by Theodore C. Mason

Vigorous and highly readable, this portrait of the enlisted man's life aboard the U.S. battleship California depicts the devastation at Pearl...

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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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