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By Jim Barber

June 1991

We often hear the phrase, “History repeats itself.” But sometimes knowing about history can help keep us from repeating the mistakes of others. The recent comparisons between Adolf Hitler and ...

The Price of Honor

By Kenneth MacLeish with commentary by Geoffrey Rossano

June 1991

Dozens of college men rushed off to become naval aviators so they could fly in France during World War I. They sought to uphold personal and national honor; not all ...

From Ironclads to Infantry

By Captain William T. Alexander, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired), and Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

June 1991

The ironclad duel between the Monitor and Virginia was young Robert Chester Foute’s baptism of fire. The

The Bounty Mutiny Remembered

By Wilmon Menard

June 1991

The tale of the mutiny on board the Bounty has captivated generations.

Doctors from the Sea

By John F. Wukovits

June 1991

An August 1916 legislative decision paved the way for U.S. Marines to serve with the Army in the Great War.

The Admiralty and Appeasement

By Dr. G. A. H. Gordon

June 1991

Historians have overlooked important background aspects of the policy of appeasement.

In Contact

June 1991

“New Life for a Liberty” (See T. A. Dietz, pp. 54-58, Winter 1990; A. J. Horn, Sr., R. Kuchen, and J. E. Wright, pp. 10-13, Spring 1990; E. S. Downs ...

Saga of the FS-180

By Lieutenant (junior grade) D. R. Bell, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve (Retired)

June 1991

It’s difficult to find the U.S. Army’s FS-180 mentioned anywhere in the annals of World War II, but her story represents the wartime account of some 187 other Coast Guard—manned ...

Niagara Sails Again

By Bob Malcomson

June 1991

Sails billowing in Lake Erie the Niagara is as Majestic in 1990 as when Oliver Hazard Perry com landed her nearly 200 years ago.

Technical Report—Who Did Design the First U.S. Frigates?

By William P. Bass

June 1991

If all the words used over the past two centuries to resolve this question were laid end to end, the matter would still be in dispute. In mid-1795, the issue ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Colonel Wendell N. Vest, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), First Officer Robert Guttman, U.S. Merchant Marine

June 1991

War in Korea, 1950-1953 D. M. Giangreco. Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1990. 332 pp. Photos. Maps. Bib. $40.00. Korean War Almanac Harry G. Summers, Jr. New York, NY: Facts on ...

In Progress

June 1991

U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE Proceedings/Naval Review: The story of the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck is a naval classic. In less than ten days in the spring of ...

U.S. and Canadian Naval Ship and Museum

By Burleigh Humphrey

June 1991

This directory includes more than 60 retired naval vessels that are preserved as memorials. The majority of them may be boarded and serve as museums. More than 50 shore-based naval ...