Asiatic Fleet News Today

A globe-trotting Casper sailor who enlisted in the U.S. Navy after a scrape with the law in 1925 crossed the equator with Herbert Hoover and took plenty of photos. His photos are on display at the Wyoming Veterans Memorial Museum in Casper.

In a daring feat of strength and endurance following an enemy attack that sank the USS Gregory on Sept. 5, 1942, Charles Jackson French swam his shipmates out of danger by towing their life raft with a line tied around his waist.

Several events are planned in Lincoln this weekend in honor of Veterans Day, including a parade and several ceremonies.

The following is a death notice for George W. Neely dated Friday, May 24, 1867 and excerpted from the Chicago Republican, Chicago, Illinois: “Colonel George Washington Neely, of Metropolis, Massac

K-12 teachers from across the U.S. who are visiting Saipan as part of a weeklong educational program were treated to a preview of CNMI historian Don Farrell’s book, Tinian and the Bomb: Project Alberta and Operation Centerboard.

Readers respond to stories from recent issues of Naval History.

If the allies want to deter or deny Chinese aggression, now is the time to learn from ABDACOM’s annihilation.

One of the best changes we have made to Proceedings in the past five years was moving the Naval Review issue from May to March.

CNO Naval History Essay Contest, Rising Historian—First Prize. Sponsored by General Dynamics. Lessons from the U.S. Navy’s peacetime fleet that won the Battle of Midway.

The encounter between a U.S. submarine and an allied merchant ship faded into obscurity.