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Artifacts Battle Flag of the Flying Fish U.S. Navy Museum PT 309 National Museum of the Pacific War Grumman FM-1 (F4F-4) Wildcat National Air and Space Museum More >>>
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“Ice Ahead!”
, , , Issue 5One of his ships was rotten, his cold-weather gear was totally inadequate, and his officers resented him. But Lieutenant Wilkes had his orders—and off into the unknown Antarctic he sailed More >>>
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The Battle of the Saintes
, , , Issue 4No American ships were involved, yet on its outcome hung Great Britain’s recognition of our independence More >>>
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“Our Little War with the Heathen"
, , , Issue 3Our first Korean war, in 1871, was fought to open the Hermit Kingdom to Western trade. But the hermits wanted very much to be left alone More >>>
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One Who Survived
, , , Issue 4Day after day, the sun, the sea, and the sharks cut down the men who clung to the “doughnut” raft: Seaman Heyn’s Story from the Naval Archives More >>>
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Gunboat War At Vicksburg
, , , Issue 5A Union seaman’s nightmarish memories of shot, shell, and shoal waters in Grant’s Mississippi River campaign, 1862–63 More >>>
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The Adventures Of A Haunted Whaling Man
, , , Issue 5The exacting, colorful, and often perilous career of a whaleman of the last century is known to most readers only through such fiction a Moby Dick . But many a real American went “down to the sea i More >>>
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The Fall Of Corregidor
, , , Issue 5“The Rock” was a proud island fortress, impregnable to attack from the sea. Unfortunately, the Japanese didn’t come that way. Its capture climaxed the bitterest defeat in our history More >>>
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Christopher Columbus, Mariner
, , , Issue 1The discoverer of the New World was first and foremost a sailor says the historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for his brilliant biography of Columbus. More >>>
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The Fantastic Adventures Of Captain Stobo
, , , Issue 5Into seven crucial years of American colonial history, a young Scots-American officer packed more of the stuff that makes heroes than perhaps a dozen more illustrious men. Yet today his name has slipped into almost complete obscurity More >>>