THE
CRUISE OF THE SOMERS:
ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE
DESPOTISM OF THE QUARTERDECK
AND OF
THE UNMANLY CONDUCT OF COMMANDER MACKENZIE
"Difficulty is a bugbear to children, a stimulus to men."
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J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST.
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Destroyer escorts -- United States; Artillery; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
The Destroyer Escort (DE), one of the Navy's answers to the submarine menace, gets a thorough shakedown before being sent out to guard United Nations convoys. In a long series of exercises, including anti-submarine practice, anti-aircraft laying of...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda; Propaganda, American -- Japan -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945 -- Manpower -- Japan -- Colonies;
Includes images of a Japanese/East Asian countryside and burning structures.
Wilson, Eugene Edward, 1887-1974; Wilson, Gevenieve; Westervelt, George Conrad, 1879-; United States.Navy -- Aviation; Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics; Air power -- United States; Aircraft industry -- United States --...
United States Naval Academy. Class of 1946; United States Naval Academy -- Alumni and alumnae -- Biography; Manuscripts; Correspondence; Photographs; Clippings (information artifacts); Annual reports; Floppy disks; Compact discs;
New York Jany 3rd 1843
Commander Mackensie
Sir
Although a personal stranger to you, I cannot
restrain the expression of my feelings to you, in this moment of
universal excitementāI am a very old soldier of the Revolution,
and was present at Head...