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Compiled by Brent Hunt, Naval History and Heritage Command’s Communication and Outreach Division Welcome to Navy History Matters—our weekly compilation of articles, commentaries, and blogs related to history and heritage. Every week we’ll gather the top-interest items from a variety of media and social media sources and then link you …

Compiled by Brent Hunt, Naval History and Heritage Command’s Communication and Outreach Division Welcome to Navy History Matters—our weekly compilation of articles, commentaries, and blogs related to history and heritage. Every week we’ll gather the top-interest items from a variety of media and social media sources and then link you …

Compiled by Brent Hunt, Naval History and Heritage Command’s Communication and Outreach Division Welcome to Navy History Matters—our weekly compilation of articles, commentaries, and blogs related to history and heritage. Every week we’ll gather the top-interest items from a variety of media and social media sources and then link you …

By Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division. History is made everyday—especially in the Navy! Once again the Navy made a ton of history in 2019. Read the following blog; click on some of the links for more information; and take a look at some of the moments and …

M.C. Farrington, Hampton Roads Naval Museum Note: This blog is also featured on the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s blogspot page.  A page from the USS John F. Kennedy (CVA 67) christening program contained in the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Personal Papers held by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. …

Max LonzanidaPublic Affairs Officer, Hampton Roads Naval Museum View of Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s newest exhibit: “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S. Navy in Vietnam, 1950-1975”. The new exhibit adds 130 new artifacts as well as 40 oral histories from local U.S. Navy Vietnam veterans. Visitors walking towards …

Frank Thompson, Deputy Assistant Director for Collection Management  Naval History and Heritage Command Thompson looks over historical documents and records after the discovery of IJN Akagi. Courtesy PaulAllen.com During the first six months of the Pacific War in 1942, the Imperial Japanese Navy wielded one of the most fearsome weapons …

Navy Cryptology and the Battle of Midway:  Our Finest Hour A special feature of the BATTLE OF MIDWAY ROUNDTABLE by LCDR Philip H. Jacobsen, USN-Ret (Editor’s note:  the following is the text of an address given by LCDR Jacobsen to a gathering of Naval Security Group personnel at San Diego …