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Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN : UOM:39015019345522
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN : IND:30000082161484
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN : LCCN:48045903
Author : Anonim
Publisher : U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Allen N Olsen
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781612511085
Ben Moreell was the first non-Naval Academy graduate to be awarded the four stars of an Admiral. He is still the only staff corps officer to be promoted to Admiral. The history of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the biography of Admiral Ben Moreell are inseparable. Immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he began forming the construction units that ultimately became known as the Seabees. The first battalion of Seabees deployed from the U.S. on 27 Jan. '42. This instantaneous effort to recruit, train, organize, equip and deploy a military unit is still recognized as an amazing achievement. Ultimately over 300,000 Seabees were involved during WW II. The Seabees built and operated the equipment needed to get troops, equipment and supplies ashore in every amphibious landing of WW II. Beginning in North Africa and continuing to Sicily, Italy and Normandy, they were an essential element of the invasions of Europe. But their island-hopping campaign throughout the Pacific with the Marines really made their reputation. They participated in every Pacific invasion together with the Marines with the exception of Guadalcanal, where they arrived about three weeks after the First Marines went ashore. Following the invasions, the Seabees built every sort of facility required by the Marines and the Navy; piers, runways, fuel storage, hospitals, ammo storage, dry docks, and more. The accomplishments of the Seabees continued through Korea, Viet Nam and the middle east. The unique aspect of the fighter-builder Seabees generated a need for a command structure that could respond to both elements at any time. Recognizing this critical feature Moreell achieved a major change to Navy Regulations and obtained the authorization for Civil Engineer Corps officers to be given command of the Seabees. They are still the only staff corps officers who enjoy the privilege of commanding fleet units. Moreell also directed the massive mobilization and construction effort for the Navy and Marine Corps throughout the war as well as dealing with unions, congress, manufacturers, and an ever-growing federal bureaucracy. His open and honest dealings were recognized by all and contributed to the successful accomplishments of the Bureau of Yards and Docks during that time. But it Seabees remain his crowning military achievement. Their success in WW II was recognized by Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz in a Seabee birthday anniversary letter to Moreell in which he stated, "....without them we could not have beaten the (Japanese)." An advisor to four Presidents, Ben Moreell's actions forever placed the Civil Engineer Corps and the Seabees solidly in Navy history and tradition
Author : Bryan J. Dickerson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476692463
James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16 and earned both a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a private pilot's license. In 1942, he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet, earning his wings and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve. He became proficient in three of the Navy's high-performance combat aircraft: the SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, the F6F Hellcat fighter and the F4U Corsair fighter. In 1945, he deployed to the Pacific aboard the carrier USS Bunker Hill and flew combat missions over Japan, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Drawing on Nist's letters and personal papers and official Navy documents, historian Bryan J. Dickerson tells the story of his great uncle's life and service during World War II.
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN : IND:30000082161492
Author : Francesca Russello Ammon
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780300200683
The first history of the bulldozer and its transformation from military weapon to essential tool for creating the post-World War II American landscape Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction. In order to clear space for new suburban tract housing, an ambitious system of interstate highways, and extensive urban renewal development, wrecking companies demolished buildings while earthmoving contractors leveled land at an unprecedented pace and scale. In this pioneering history, Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate this destruction with progress. The bulldozer functioned as both the means and the metaphor for this work. As the machine transformed from a wartime weapon into an instrument of postwar planning, it helped realize a landscape-altering "culture of clearance." In the hands of the military, planners, politicians, engineers, construction workers, and even children's book authors, the bulldozer became an American icon. Yet social and environmental injustices emerged as clearance projects continued unabated. This awareness spurred environmental, preservationist, and citizen participation efforts that have helped to slow, though not entirely stop, the momentum of the postwar bulldozer.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : MINN:30000010477275
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : UOM:39015027580276
Author : Edward J. Marolda
Publisher : Defense Department
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112047041121
Author : Charles R. Shrader
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Logistics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132181327
Author : William F Trimble
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781682473719
Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Air Power covers the life and professional career of Adm. John S. McCain Sr. (1884–1945). Spanning most of the first half of the twentieth century, McCain’s life and career highlight the integration of aviation into the Navy, emphasizing the evolution of the aircraft carrier from a tactical element of the fleet stressing sea control to a strategic force capable of long-range power projection. Although much of the book focuses on carrier aviation, McCain was instrumental in the emergence of flying boats, considered essential for long-range reconnaissance in the Pacific. One of the senior officers branded as “Johnny-Come-Latelys” by pioneer aviators, McCain nevertheless brought fresh approaches and innovation to naval aviation. His prewar and initial wartime commands encompassed tender-based and shore-based aviation, which were critical to early operations in the Pacific, yet McCain also understood the power and potential of carrier-based aviation, initially as commanding officer of the USS Ranger before the war, then as a carrier task force commander under Adm. William F. Halsey in the Pacific in 1944 and 1945. Moreover, he served tours as Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics and the first Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) in 1942–1944. In these posts he witnessed and played a role in the culmination of naval air power as a means of delivering crippling blows to the enemy’s homeland. McCain was among only a handful of officers who achieved prominence during the war and who had experience in all of these varied and challenging levels of command.
Author : Barbara A. Lynch,John E. Vajda
Publisher : Naval Historical Center
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : UCBK:C051939110
Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015021096709