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Admiral Hyman George Rickover, the “Father of the Nuclear Navy”, was a career officer in the United States Navy, having graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1922. In the early part of his career, he served in various surface ships and commanded a diesel-powered submarine. Later he...

Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonations than the total of all prior nuclear explosions in the...

The Funeral at Gioia Sannitica, by David Henderson, covers the funeral of an Italian-American service member killed during the Vietnam War. His body returned to Italy rather than the United States - the first time in Marine Corps history that a service member with dual citizenship was returned to...

The 1980’s and the early 1990’s were a rich and successful time in American Rowing history. US National and Olympic Team coaches like Stan Bergman, Rick Clothier, Steve Gladstone, Rusty Jablonic, Larry Gluckman, Kris Korzeniowski, Ted Nash, Harry Parker, and many others left an indelible mark on the...

The Coast Guard’s motto is Semper Paratus – Latin for Always Ready. It’s also been described as ‘the shallow water Navy’ and ‘the hard nucleus that the Navy forms around in time of war.’ I always tell people that I’ve been in the Coast Guard for 68 years, but only 31 counted. Ninety-nine percent of...

Prior to my career in the Navy, I served in the Army. This memoir is from that time, and is in response to a question regarding the longest trip I ever took.

Prior to my career in the Navy, I served in the Army. This memoir is from that time, and is in response to a question regarding my most memorable camping trip.

This Memoir is a collection of short stories, by Edward Poole, about his time in the Navy as a doctor. Edward Poole would later retire as a Lt. Commander. 1. Intestinal Distress and Me 2. Two Highlighting Tales 3. I Quell and Mutiny, Sort of... 4. Transferred to Texas 5. Photo Collection

Radioman First Class (RM1) Ralph M. Servadio served as a radio operator during World War II in a covert Coast Guard operation to intercept clandestine Nazi radio messages in South America. His memoir describes his path from boot camp to his amazing service at a remote radio monitoring station at...

In 1991, the Roland Company collaborated with the U.S. Naval Institute in producing the documentary film “Storm From the Sea,” which featured extensive interviews with many of the key players in Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm. It was the first truly inside, in-depth look at that...