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  1. The Marianas Turkey Shoot

    By Admiral J. J. Clark, October 1967, Volume 18, Issue 6

    Japanese naval air power was wrecked at the Battle of the Philippine Sea, but, says a U. S. carrier admiral who was there, our Navy missed a chance to destroy the enemy fleet and shorten the war. More >>>

  2. Patrolling The Middle Passage

    By J. C. Furxas, October 1958, Volume 9, Issue 6

    Congress agreed to join Britain in suppressing the brutal and cunning slave trade, but Southern influence hamstrung the Navy when it came to enforcing the law More >>>

  3. Three Flags At Mackinac

    By Walter Havighurst, August/September 1978, Volume 29, Issue 5

    For more than two centuries, this tiny island fortress was both “the key and the door” to empire More >>>

  4. The Paradox Of Dartmoor Prison

    By Reginald Horsman, February 1975, Volume 26, Issue 2

    While some American captives languished, others conducted a flourishing market—and a huge black sailor organized everything More >>>

  5. Bloodshed At Dawn

    By C. S. Forester, October 1964, Volume 15, Issue 6

    Should Commodore Barron have surrendered his ship? Should Decatur have criticised him? Their famous duel ended in … bloodshed at dawn More >>>

  6. The Forgotten Triumph Of The Paw Paw

    By Richard W. Kaeuper, October 1995, Volume 46, Issue 6

    Unloved and unlovely, the fragile boats of the “Tinclad Navy” ventured, Lincoln said, “wherever the ground was a little damp,” and made a contribution to the Western war that has never been sufficiently appreciated More >>>

  7. Humiliation and Triumph

    By Walter Lord, August 1972, Volume 23, Issue 5

    The year was 1814, and within three weeks our “young and not always wise” nation suffered acute shame and astonishing victory More >>>

  8. The Week The World Watched Selma

    By Stephen B. Oates, June/july 1982, Volume 33, Issue 4

    A century after passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, many Southern blacks still were denied the vote. In 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr, set out to change that—by marching through the heart of Alabama. More >>>

  9. “here Is My Home At Last!”

    By Carl Carmer, February 1963, Volume 14, Issue 2

    When Brigham Young’s party abandoned Illinois to seek a final refuge for the Latter-day Saints, none knew where they would come to rest. But as they entered Salt Lake Valley, they were sure that the long quest was over More >>>

  10. Annapolis: An American Classic

    By Anonymous (not verified), October/November 1986, Volume 37, Issue 6

    Annapolis: an American classic. More >>>

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