by Dale Jenkins | Oct 28, 2025 | Book Reviews
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 W.W. Norton & Company, 597 pages, 2012. This is the first of a trilogy intended by Mr. Toll as a comprehensive study of the Pacific War. It begins with a vivid account of the Pearl harbor attack of December 7,...
by Dale Jenkins | Sep 30, 2025 | Published Articles
As the world watched the impressive display of Chinese armed forces parade through Tiananmen Square on September 3, thoughts turned to the person in charge of it all. Who are we dealing with? Is this a replay of the Nuremburg Rally of 1934, orchestrated by Adolf...
by Dale Jenkins | Sep 19, 2025 | Updates
by Dale Jenkins | Sep 11, 2025 | Published Articles
On this Patriot Day, we honor those lost on September 11, 2001, and the many who rose in service afterward. The U.S. Navy, like all branches of our armed forces, stood ready in the hours, days, and months that followed, protecting our coasts, deploying globally, and...
by Dale Jenkins | Jul 31, 2025 | Published Articles
Introduction The Pacific Fleet naval victory at Midway on June 4, 1942 is one of the greatest in the history of the U.S. Navy, and one of the most significant victories in the history of armed conflict, on land or sea. Decryption of Japanese messaging a week ahead of...