by Bob | Dec 5, 2021 | Hidden History
Pearl Harbor “Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii and San Francisco. To make victory certain, we would have to march into Washington and dictate the terms...
by Bob | Feb 12, 2021 | Hidden History
USS Reuben James “Have you heard of a ship called the good Reuben James, Manned by hard fighting men both of honor and fame?” The USS Reuben James was a Clemson-class destroyer, built just after World War I in 1919. Clemson-class, also known as four stackers, were the...
by Bob | Dec 7, 2020 | Hidden History
Pearl Harbor This is excerpted from The Green Beret Guide to Seven Great Disasters II which is free today, 7 December. “Should hostilities once break out between Japan and the United States, it would not be enough that we take Guam and the Philippines, nor even Hawaii...
by Bob | Nov 2, 2020 | Hidden History
Reuben James I’d never heard of the Reuben James even though Woody Guthrie wrote a song about it. Here is what happened: Five Weeks Before Pearl Harbor; An American Warship Was Torpedoed from Bob...
by Bob | Dec 14, 2019 | Hidden History
And it wasn’t the Caine. I went to the Military Academy, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1802. Although Jefferson tended to be anti-military, he accepted the need for a standing army. And if the nation was going to have one, he felt it should be officered by a...
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