Korean Surprise

By Paul Stillwell
June 2010
Sixty years ago this summer, the United States was figuratively caught with its pants down on the other side of the world. What we have come to know as the ...
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Contributors

June 2010
Navy Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Armstrong is an active duty naval aviator who has served tours as a search-and-rescue and special-warfare pilot and as an advanced helicopter flight instructor. He holds ...
Ralph Guasp

Museum Report

By James J. Joyce
June 2010
Birthplace of the Flying Boat In New York's Finger Lakes region, Hammondsport sits at the southern end of Keuka Lake. It is home to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, which ...
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Book Reviews

June 2010
Young Nelsons: Boy Sailors during the Napoleonic Wars D. A. B. Ronald. Foreword by Alexander Kent. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2009. 304 pp. Illus. $25.95. Reviewed by Roy Adkins Horatio ...
Naval History and Heritage Command

American Thunder Childs

By Lieutenant Commander Claude G. Berube, U.S. Naval Reserve
June 2010
Forward-thinking naval designers of the 19th century flirted with an ancient concept: the ram ship.
U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive

Lockheed's Twin-Tails

By Norman Polmar
June 2010
Lockheed twin-engine, twin-tail passenger aircraft were familiar sights at American and foreign airports during the 1930s. The most famous, which was featured prominently in movie newsreel and magazine photos, was ...
Navy Art Collection, Naval History and Heritage Command

On Our Scope

June 2010
As we move further into the 21st century, the Cold War, a conflict that colored world affairs for almost half the last century, is due for a recollective renaissance. Best-selling ...
Naval History and Heritage Command

One Last Time

By Robert J. Cressman
June 2010
A veteran of World War II and the Korean War, the destroyer USS Preston (DD-795), in company with the guided-missile destroyer Berkeley (DDG-15) and destroyers Maddox (DD-751) and Fechteler (DD-870) ...
Museum for Hamburg History

Naval History News

June 2010
Mystery Surrounds Theft of Pirate Skull The skull of a medieval pirate was recently stolen from a German museum, and investigators continue to grapple with the mystery. The spike-pierced skull ...

Naval History Digital Edition

June 2010
A digital edition of the June issue of Naval History i s available for current USNI members to view. The magazine image below is a link to the online magazine ...
Courtesy of Ernest Borgnine

In Contact

June 2010
A Navy Veteran's Note Ernest Borgnine Congratulations. Your crew did a wonderful job with the April 2010 issue of Naval History . How good ? I have ordered extra copies ...