Lt. Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare, seated in the cockpit of his Grumman F4F Wildcat fighter in 1942. The plane is marked with five Japanese flags, representing the five bombers he shot down as they attempted to attack the aircraft carrie…
Well lets be specific here. The post Pearl Harbor Carrier raids, including Doolittle’s raid were just raids. Guadalcanal was the first counter attack. Everyone in the Imperial Navy was surprised. According to Tameichi Hara in his book Destroyer Comm…
The “Rickover kit”. When Admiral Rickover embarked on sea trials for the Groton-built new construction submarines, if he were to remain on-board overnight, the ship was required to have certain personal items aboard for his access (read: not necessa…
The man credited as being the first Navy SEAL is a man by the name of Harry Beal. Beal enlisted in the United States Navy in 1948. A few years into his career (in the mid-50’s), he volunteered for Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) training. He was su…
