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Catherine Nimitz at her desk in the US Naval Hospital at Oakland, California. Courtesy National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive.

Catherine Nimitz Volunteered to Support the US W...

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Jan. 07, 2025
While Catherine Nimitz’s husband led the Pacific Fleet to victory in World War II, she made her own...
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Passing of President Jimmy Carter

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Dec. 29, 2024
It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. on 29 December...
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This plaque commemorates the sailors onboard the Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). M. Brodsky can be seen in the leftmost column. The plaque was displayed aboard the Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), and helped inspire that ship’s crew when it was hit by an Iranian mine in 1988.

Maurice Brodsky: An “Average Enlisted Man” at th...

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Oct. 23, 2024
Eighty years ago, a handful of American destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers faced off against a...
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Former POWs U.S. Navy Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, right, and U.S. Navy Capt. James A. Alfred Mulligan, left, talk during their flight on a Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter after being released by the North Vietnamese in February 1973 (National Archives and Records Administration 330-CFD-DD-ST-99-04242).

Remembering Resistance: U.S. Navy POWs at the Ha...

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Sep. 18, 2024
On Aug. 5, 1964, Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez, Jr., a young U.S. Navy aviator, had just finished bombing a North...
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Dec. 29, 2024

Passing of President Jimmy Carter

It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. on 29

March 7, 2022

In Memoriam: Admiral Thomas B. Hayward, USN (Ret.), 21st CNO 1924–2022

It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Admiral Thomas Bibb Hayward, U.S. Navy

March 1, 2022

In Memoriam: Rear Admiral Ronald Charles Wilgenbusch, USN (Ret.)

It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of Rear Admiral Ronald Charles Wilgenbusch, U.S.