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...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American; Artillery;
Being no respecter of the repose of man, war rends the calm of many a night with the ear splitting blasts of the big guns and the howling screech of crashing steel.
In theaters of action as widely separated as Kula Gulf in the central Solomons and...