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Portfolio: Navy Posters

Published: November 08, 2011 at 3:25 pm
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Online Gallery: Navy Posters

Published: November 08, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Brawny sailors load a gun in a navy recruiting poster from World War I. (Library of Congress) MHQ Home Page MHQ's Winter 2012 issue features a story about how the U.S. navy has reinvented itself—and the American sailor—over the …

The Spy Who Doomed Pearl Harbor

Edward Savela | Published: November 08, 2011 at 3:11 pm
The Japanese diplomat Takeo Yoshikawa set the stage for his country's surprise attack.

Fighting Words: From the Ocean Blue

Christine Ammer | Published: August 03, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Nautical terms that have crept into common parlance.

Web Gallery EXTRA: Inventing on the Fly During the Korean War

David Sears | Published: April 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm
How daredevil U.S. Navy pilots used smarts and pluck—and a clutch of old torpedoes—to end an early stalemate during the Korean War.

American Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific Naval War

Max Gadney | Published: February 04, 2010 at 12:47 pm
The Independence-class light carrier and the Essex-class carrier turned the tide of the Pacific naval war.

Smoke Over Manhattan: The Fate of the SS Normandie

Lorraine B. Diehl | Published: January 29, 2010 at 3:39 pm
When the SS Normandie, a luxury liner being converted into the USS Lafayette troop transport, went up in flames in 1942, New Yorkers assumed it was the work of Nazi saboteurs—and made a deal with the devil to protect their waterfront

Taking Action with Admiral Halsey

Robert M. Citino | Published: September 27, 2009 at 3:36 pm
In war, the default setting is stasis. That is where the hard-charging commander comes into the picture. Someone has to kick things into gear. General Norman Cota and Admiral William "Bull" Halsey did just that.

Military History Reader Poll - November 2009

Published: September 01, 2009 at 4:06 pm
The rise of which new naval power—Japan or the United States—most surprised or concerned the established European powers at the turn of the 20th century?…

Ships, Crews, and Commanders in the War of 1812 - Gallery

Published: August 28, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Secretary of the U.S. Navy William Jones's shrewd strategy was the key to America's successful asymmetric warfare against the Royal Navy in 1812.
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