6 MAY-22 JUNE 1966 DODSON/ECKES ESCAPE On the 6th of May 1966, USMC SGT James Dodson was surveying for a road construction team in friendly territory just south of Da Nang, South Vietnam. While investigating a peasant hut about 200 yards Read More
16 JUNE 1944 “NERO” OF GUAM On 21 July 1944 the USMC landed on the Marianas island of Guam–the second island in that archipelago to be retaken from the enemy. Guam was defended by 19,000 Japanese under LGEN Takeshi Takashima, but Read More
12 JUNE 1775 250th ANNIVERSARY UNITY vs. HMS MARGARETTA In June 1775 civilian Ichabod Jones, captain of the schooner Unity, requested clearance from British ADM Samuel Graves to carry a load of provisions from Boston to the far-flung town of Machias Read More
6 JUNE 1918 LTJG WEEDON OSBORNE The US entry into World War I prompted Chicago dentist Weedon Osborne to seek a commission in the Navy Dental Corps, which he received 8 May 1917. He reported for duty 26 March 1918 with Read More
2 JUNE 1918 WORLD WAR I AT OUR DOORSTEP The bright sun and calm seas off Delaware’s coast this morning belied the sinister intent with which U-151 cruised the surface. Germany and the US had been at war for a year, Read More
27 MAY 1942 STATION “HYPO” Next week will mark the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway, one of the most significant events in our Navy’s history. Many are aware that ADM Chester W. Nimitz was aided in this victory by Read More
22 MAY 1966 “CHARLIE’s AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE” The Rung Sat is a 400-square mile mangrove swamp between Saigon and the Vietnamese coastline. Four major rivers course through the otherwise impassable area, including the Long Tau shipping channel leading to Saigon. The Read More
13-17 MAY 1944 PERSISTENCE… At 1400 on 13 May 1944, CDR George C. Wright of DESRON 21 was ordered to take USS GLEAVES (DD-423), NIELDS (DD-616) and MACOMB (DD-458) out of Oran, Algeria, to search for a submarine that had torpedoed Read More
12 MAY 1944 ADVENTURES OF A NAVY BLIMP The years between the World Wars saw the development of lighter-than-air zeppelins and blimps, initially useful in the civilian common carrier industry by virtue of their sustained cruising capabilities. These same cruising and Read More
9-15 MAY 1775 PINE TREE NAVAL ENSIGN Samuel Thompson was a Brunswick (modern Maine) tavern owner appointed to command the Brunswick Militia in 1774. The seeds of revolution were starting to sprout in New England in 1774, and Thompson was ordered Read More