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
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...
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Prisoners of War -- United States; Nestell, Daniel D. T., d. 1900; Sabine Pass, Battle of, Tex., 1863;
Includes a narrative by Nestell of the naval action at Sabine Pass and his subsequent captivity as a prisoner of war [POW].
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Palau; Destroyers (Warships); Bombing, Aerial;
During bombing strike on Palau Island by carrier-based planes of Pacific Fleet, harbor suffered heavy damage. Aerial. Jap destroyer, later sunk, turns sharply to avoid bomb.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese;
Striking view of the demise of three Jap planes during the prelude to the battle of the Eastern Philippines. Hitting our Task Force on June 18, in the hope of catching us off guard, the Japs suffered a loss of 353 planes. In the right hand lower...