3 JULY 1951 KOELSCH AND NEAL John K. Koelsch was English, born in London and educated at the Choate School. In 1940 he joined the Royal Air Force and fought in the Blitz. He came to the United States in 1942 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
30 AUGUST 1944 PALAWAN RESCUE On the night of 13 August 1944, USS FLIER’s (SS-250) surface transit of the Balabac Strait off Borneo was suddenly blasted by a deafening explosion. Like her sister, ROBALO (SS-273), two weeks earlier, FLIER had struck Read More