Leyte’s Enduring Relevance
CNO Naval History Essay Contest—Third Prize. Lessons from 1944 for 2024: “Forces must work in tandem, not against each other ...
October 2024
Sound and Fury Over Sibuyan Sea
The planes of Task Force 38 attacking the Japanese Center Force during Leyte managed to sink the mighty battleship Musashi—yet the Center Force lived to ...
October 2024
The Perils of Distribution
The epic Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in victory for U.S. forces, but it was also a case of disaster averted.
October 2024
‘We Were Knocking Them Off Right and Left’
Captain David McCampbell was the U.S. Navy’s all-time top fighter ace, “the ace of aces,” with 34 kills.
October 2024