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On Our Scope

By Richard G. Latture, Editor-in-Chief
December 2005
I've never met Brigadier General Edwin Simmons. But in preparing this issue of Naval History, I've sure gotten to know him. General Simmons' extensive Marine service record includes fighting ...
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Leathernecks at Soissons

By Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
December 2005
Attacking after a brutal approach march, the 4th Marine Brigade played a key role in the battle that turned the tide of the war on the Western Front.
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Collision at Sea

By David W. Joy
December 2005
Sailors on the USS Columbus were jolted out of their racks one night by "a roaring cacophony of steel." Their cruiser had just sheared off the bow of the destroyer ...

The Great War Crucible

By Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
December 2005
Marines were seemingly miscast in World War I, fighting alongside Army infantrymen in a European land war. The Corps, nevertheless, rose to the challenge, forging a record of triumph on ...

What If?

By James E. Valle
December 2005
The fast battleships of the U.S. Navy, such as the USS Missouri (BB-63), seen here in 1944, could each throw a 12-ton broadside of steel at an enemy. What if ...

Coast Guard to the Rescue

By Paul Stillwell
December 2005
As this year’s summer faded, Hurricane Katrina cut a deadly swath along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Television provided unrelenting coverage. For hours at a time, it seemed ...

In Contact

December 2005
“Looking Back” (See P. Stillwell, p. 2, February 2005 Naval History) PNCM Gordon O. Boles, U.S. Navy (Retired) This article brought back a long-forgotten memory concerning Admiral Sam Gravely ...

Naval History News

December 2005
USS Alligator Search Delayed A joint expedition to search for the wreckage of the U.S. Navy’s first submarine, the USS Alligator, was stymied in early September by the approach of ...

Historic Fleets

By A.D. Baker III
December 2005
The armored cruiser, ultimately a failed warship concept, became popular in the 1880s with many navies, principally for its supposed value as a commerce raider. Beginning in 1886, the U.S ...

FB = Fighter Boeing

By Norman Polmar, Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
December 2005
Boeing is perhaps best known for its multi-engine bombers and commercial airliners, but in the 1920s and 1930s the Boeing Airplane Company produced outstanding fighter aircraft for the Army, Navy ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Carlo D'Este, U.S. Army (Retired), Robert S. Bolia, Samuel Loring Morison & Vice Admiral James Stavridis
December 2005
Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations On D-Day, June 6, 1944 Joseph Balkoski. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005 . 400 pp. Photos. Appen. Notes. Bib. Index. $26.95. Reviewed ...