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The cruise of the Somers : illustrative of the despotism of the quarter deck : and of the unmanly conduct of Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848
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." New York: J. WINCHESTER, NEW WORLD PRESS, 30 ANN ST. W.B...
The Somers Affair

Oliver Ambrose Batcheller Letters, 1859-1898
Batcheller, Oliver Ambrose., 1842-1893; United States. Navy. West Gulf Squadron; United States Naval Academy -- Students -- Correspondence; Concord (Patrol gunboat PG-3); Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala.,1864; United States -- History -- Civil War,...
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Take Off for Tokyo
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8); Mitchell (Bomber); Aircraft carriers -- United States;
In April 1942, the United States and the world at large was electrified by an announcement by President Roosevelt that American fliers had carried teh BAttle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese Empire with a surprising and daring raid on...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Carrier Pilots Take Off for Saipan Raid While Ship Battles Jap Planes - Take-Off in the Rain ... of Fire
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mariana Islands; Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944; Aircraft carriers -- United States;...
Gunning his plane forward, a U.S. Navy pilot prepares to take-off from the flight deck of his carrier to drive home a blow at Jap-held Saipan in the Marianas. All about him the deadly blossoms of anti-aircraft fire add to the imminent threat of...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Richard P. Leary Papers, 1860-1957 (bulk 1860-1905)
Leary, Richard Phillips, 1842-1901; Leary, Herbert Fairfax; Adler (Gunboat); Spanish American War -- Naval Operations; Guam -- Politics and Government; Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Manuscripts; Correspondence;...
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George W. Robinson Diary, 1898
Robinson, G. W. (George W.); Oregon (Battleship : BB-3); Spanish-American War, 1898 -- Naval operations; Santiago, Battle of, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 1898; Evans, Robley D. (Robley Dunglison), 1846-1912; Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902; Schley,...
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Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
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 excitement—I am a very old soldier of the Revolution, and was present at Head...
The Somers Affair

Army-Navy Game Send Off
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football;
Army-Navy Game send off (pep rally), November 1966. [#4646; 743K; USNA]
Army-Navy Football

USNA Football players carry the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy off the field
United States Naval Academy -- Football; United States Military Academy -- Football; Commander-in-Chief's Trophy;
U.S. Naval Academy football players carry the Commander- in- Chief's Trophy off the field following a 42-23 victory over the Black Knights of Army. U.S. Navy photo by Damon J. Moritz (RELEASED) [925K; US Navy photo and caption 051203-N-9693M-160]
Army-Navy Football

The Trident Magazine: Centennial Issue
United States Naval Academy -- Periodicals; United States Naval Academy -- Anniversaries, etc; United States Naval Academy -- History;
Naval Academy History

Despite Turbulent Seas...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8); Mitchell (Bomber); Aircraft carriers -- United States;
Despite turbulent seas, the starter gives a North American B-25 bomber the readiness signal on the flight deck of the pitching aircraft carrier U.S.S. HORNET. Slide #229: Doolittle raid 10 April 1942. Ted Lawson takes off without lowering his...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Take Off for Tokyo
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; Hornet (Aircraft carrier : CV-8); Mitchell (Bomber); Aircraft carriers -- United States;
She's rolling, and the starter "hits the deck" as the big Army North American B-25 gathers speed down the flight deck of the U.S.S. HORNET. Speedy, heavily armed and armored, these bombers left a wide path of destruction through the industrial...
World War II - Combat Photographs

The ENTERPRISE at Santa Cruz - No 'Target for Today'
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; Enterprise (Aircraft carrier : CV-6); Destroyers (Warships);
Maneuvering at high speed to throw off the aim of Jap dive-bombers and torpedo-planes, this U.S. destroyer rips off a round of anti-aircraft fire to protect the nearby ENTERPRISE, whose planes can be seen in the foreground during the battle of...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Carrier Pilots Take Off for Saipan Raid While Ship Battles Jap Planes - Curtains for a Jap
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Mariana Islands; Saipan, Battle of, Northern Mariana Islands, 1944; Aircraft carriers -- United States;...
Detected by the foe as it sailed daringly into the range of land-based planes, a U.S. Navy task force grimly fought off Jap raiders for 11 hours -- then, in the teeth of the aerial storm, launched its own planes to strike a smashing blow at Saipan...
World War II - Combat Photographs

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