by Dale Jenkins | Jun 27, 2025 | Updates
Reflections on Independence, Youthful Fire, and the Spark That Endures By Dale A. Jenkins Each year, the 4th of July invites us to remember our nation’s beginnings. We celebrate with fireworks, flags, and fanfare—but beneath the spectacle lies something deeper: a...
by Dale Jenkins | Jun 9, 2025 | Published Articles
June is Midway Month. Eighty-three years ago, the course of the Pacific War turned on a knife’s edge during the Battle of Midway—a victory shaped by intelligence, timing, and the courage of U.S. Navy pilots and commanders. In this special anniversary interview,...
by Dale Jenkins | Jun 4, 2025 | Updates
By May 27, 1942, a week prior to the Battle of Midway, the code breakers at Pearl Harbor were able to advise Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Chester Nimitz that the Japanese Striking Force, which included at least four aircraft carriers, would approach Midway Island...
by Dale Jenkins | Jun 3, 2025 | Featured Excerpts
On board Enterprise some of the staff officers were urging Admiral Spruance to pursue westward to follow up the sinking of four Japanese carriers and make an annihilating attack on the remaining ships at first light the following morning. But Spruance had other...
by Dale Jenkins | May 30, 2025 | Published Articles
A year and a half ago I was privileged to attend the Trafalgar Commemoration dinner of the 1805 Club in Portsmouth, England, held annually on or about October 21 to celebrate Vice Admiral Nelson’s great victory in 1805. I also toured Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory,...
