KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL/JOHN ALLI

Remembering the Forgotten War

By Colonel Joseph Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
April 2000
Historians, veterans, and government officials gather at a McCormick Tribune Foundation/U.S. Naval Institute conference for a 50th anniversary debate over the causes, operations, and ramifications of the Korean War.
DAVID HOFELING

'Just a Longer Day at the Office'

An interview with Don Walsh
April 2000
The co-record-holder for the deepest dive ever executed—nearly seven miles—talks about his historic achievement, the competition between sea exploration and the space program, and the salvage of historic ships.

Remembering Peleliu

By Dan Caldwell
April 2000
The author’s father was an officer on a patrol craft during the invasion of Orange Beach on Peleliu. 50 years later, three generations return to the scene of the battle.

Death of a Family Man

By Paul Stillwell
April 2000
Many of the obituaries that commemorated the passing of Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., concentrated on his achievements as Chief of Naval Operations during a period of considerable upheaval in ...

In Contact

April 2000
“Deep Secrets Revealed” (See N. Polmar, pp. 30-31, February 2000 Naval History) Lieutenant Youssef H. Aboul-Enein, U.S. Navy I concur with Mr. Polmar’s theory about the Israeli submarine ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
April 2000
The “Express Yacht” Isabel was turned over to the U.S. Navy two weeks prior to her launch at Bath Iron Works by John North Willys, head of Willys Overland automobile ...

The Gooney Bird

By Norman Polmar, Author, The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
April 2000
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Allied commander-in-chief in Europe during World War II, cited the four weapons that contributed most to winning the war: the jeep, the bazooka antitank rocket ...

Naval History News

April 2000
Schooner Amistad Is Scheduled for Launch The freedom schooner Amistad, a reproduction of the vessel seized by slaves in June 1839, will be launched at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Tyrone G. Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
April 2000
Life at sea in the days of sail was hard: living conditions were poor; the food indifferent at best; and the work often was very hazardous to one’s health. The ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Thomas Allen, Captain John Bonds, U.S. Navy (Retired) & William N. Still, Jr.
April 2000
No Higher Honor: The USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway Jeff Nesmith. Atlanta, GA: Longstreet, 1999. 280 pp. Illus. Index. $24.00 ($21.60). Reviewed by Thomas Allen Reading about a ...

Navy Yarns

By Captain Roy C. Smith, III, U.S. Navy (Retired)
April 2000
In 1911, the Atlantic Fleet’s battleships were sent to Spithead, England for the international naval review honoring the coronation of King George V. The ships were just receiving allowances of ...