Author: Charles AdairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Charles Adair, U.S. Navy (Retired).
Author: Charles AdairPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 1408
Book Description
Reminiscences of Rear Adm. Charles Adair, USN (Ret.)
Author: Charles AdairPublisher:
ISBN: 9781682690581
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Admiral Adair graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1926. Following assignments on board the USS Mississippi (BB-41), USS Toucey (DD-282), USS Blakeley (DD-150), and USS Patoka (AO-9), he studied communications at the Naval Postgraduate School. From 1935 to 1938 he served as radio officer on the staffs of Destroyer Squadrons Six and 14. After a staff assignment at the Naval Academy, he reported as flag lieutenant to Admiral Thomas Hart, Commander in Chief Asiatic Fleet, and was in that job when World War II broke out. He moved to Corregidor and then escaped to the Dutch East Indies as senior man on board the schooner Lanikai, sailing by night and hiding by day. From 1943 to 1945 he took part in the planning and execution of every major amphibious operation in the Southwest Pacific Area while serving on the staff of Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey, Commander Seventh Amphibious Force. After duty in OpNav and BuPers, he commanded attack cargo ship Marquette, served on the CinCPacFlt staff, and then in the office of the Comptroller of the Navy, William Franke. He retired in 1956.
The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Charles J. Wheeler, U.S. Navy (Retired).
Author: Charles Julian WheelerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
The Reminiscences of Vice Admiral Charles A. Pownall, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Author: Charles A. PownallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Rear Admiral Charles J. Cater, U.S. Navy, Retired
Author: Captain Charles Adair, United States Navy
Author: The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral James D. Ramage U.S. Navy (retired)
Author: James David RamagePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
Includes information on his youth in Waterloo, Iowa, U.S. Naval Academy, WWII in the Pacific, 1943-1944; CO, Bombing Squadron 98, 1944-46; Naval War College, 1946-47; Korean War; Vietnam War; CO, 10th Naval District and Caribbean Sea Frontier.
Rear Admiral Jamie Adair, United States Navy, Retired
Author: The Reminiscences of Rear Admiral Charles Elliott Loughlin, U.S. Navy (Retired).
Author: Charles Elliott LoughlinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Submarine warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 768
Book Description
The Ghosts of Iwo Jima
Author: Robert S. BurrellPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 160344517X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In February 1945, some 80,000 U.S. Marines attacked the heavily defended fortress that the Japanese had constructed on the tiny Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Leaders of the Army Air Forces said they needed the airfields there to provide fighter escort for their B-29 bombers. At the cost of 28,000 American casualties, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions dutifully conquered this desolate piece of hell with a determination and sacrifice that have become legendary in the annals of war, immortalized in the photograph of six Marines raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. But the Army Air Forces’ fighter operations on Iwo Jima subsequently proved both unproductive and unnecessary. After the fact, a number of other justifications were generated to rationalize this tragically expensive battle. Ultimately, misleading statistics were presented to contend that the number of lives saved by B-29 emergency landings on Iwo Jima outweighed the cost of its capture. In The Ghosts of Iwo Jima, Captain Robert S. Burrell masterfully reconsiders the costs of taking Iwo Jima and its role in the war effort. His thought-provoking analysis also highlights the greater contribution of Iwo Jima’s valiant dead: They inspired a reverence for the Marine Corps that proved critical to its institutional survival and its embodiment of American national spirit. From the 7th War Loan Campaign of 1945 through the flag-raising at Ground Zero in 2001, the immortal image of Iwo Jima has become a symbol of American patriotism itself. Burrell’s searching account of this fabled island conflict will advance our understanding of World War II and its continuing legacy for the twenty-first century. At last, the battle’s ghosts may unveil its ultimate, and most crucial, lessons.