Colonel Seamon was the former assistant managing editor of Time when he retired and is a frequent contributor to the Naval Institute Proceedings. 

Articles by Richard M. Seamon

Time Capsules

By Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
October 1999
This sampling of Time magazine’s World War Il-era covers, is a welcome reminder of a time when journalistic art was clear and representative, when Time’s editors still heeded Henry Luce’s ...

Reviews

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired) & Glenn Gordinier
February 2002
Video Review Camera Martyrs of Vietnam Navy Corpsmen: Blood Angels Produced by Lou Reda Productions. 60 minutes each. Both premiered in December 2001 and are showing currently on the History ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Lieutenant Commander Ralph L. Langenheim, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) & Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)
February 1998
Cook & Peary the Polar Controversy Resolved Robert M. Bryce. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1133 pp. Ulus. Bib. Notes. Ind. $50.00 ($45.00). Reviewed by Lieutenant Commander Ralph L. Langenheim, Jr ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Captain Kendall J. King, U. S. Navy (Retired), Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired), Commander Glenn Curran, Royal Australian Navy
December 1997
Ironclad Captain: Seth Ledyard Phelps and the U.S. Navy 1841-1864 Jay Slagle. Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 1997. 449 pp. Notes. Photos. Maps. Gloss. Bib. $35.00 ($31.50). Reviewed ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Craig L. Symonds, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired), & Nathan Miller
October 1997
Lincoln’s Admiral: The Civil War Campaigns of David Farragut James P. Duffy. New York: John Wiley &. Sons, Inc., 1997. 276 pp. Illus. Ind. $27.95 ($25.15). Reviewed by Craig L ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Robert C. Jones, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)
August 1997
1812 David Nevin. New York, NY: A Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., Book, 1996. 448 pp. $24.95 ($22.45). Reviewed by Robert C. Jones Historian and historical novelist David Nevin has brought ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) & Lieutenant Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Ret.)
June 1997
The Yellow Admiral Patrick O’Brian. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. 262 pp. $24.00 ($21.00). Reviewed by Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) Patrick O’Brian ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Michael J. Crawford, Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired) & Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
February 1997
Steam, Politics, and Patronage: The Transformation of the Royal Navy 1815-54 Basil Greenhill and Ann Giffard. London: Conway’s Maritime Press, 1994. 256 pp. Illus. $39.25 ($35.33). Reviewed by Michael J ...