Battle Stations: Your Navy In Action

A Photographic epic of the naval operations of World War II told by the great admirals who sailed the fleet from Norfolk to Normandy and from the Golden Gate to the Inland Sea.

Each chapter of the book begins with a detailed analysis and review by their respective author, followed by numerous photographs taken during the war.

© 1946 by William H. Wise & Co., Inc. New York

CONTENTS

• QUALIFICATIONS OF THE NAVAL OFFICER
  by John Paul Jones
• FOREWORD
  by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, USN
• A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE U. S. NAVY
  by Commodore Dudley, USN
• THE NAVY TRAINS FOR WAR
  by Vice Admiral Louis L. Denfeld, USN
• PEARL HARBOR
  by Rear Admiral William R. Furlong, USN
• BATTLE Of THE ATLANTIC
  by Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, USN
• THE BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
  by Vice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, USN
• THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
  by Vice Admiral Frank J. Fletcher, USN
• WOMEN IN THE SERVICE
  • NAVY NURSES
    by Captain Sue S. Dauser, USN (NC)
  • WAVES
    by Captain Jean T. Palmer, USNR (W)
  • SPARS
    by Captain Dorothy C. Stratton, USCGR (W)
  • MARINES
    by Colonel Ruth Cheney Streeter, USMCR
• VICTORY AT GUADALCANAL
  by General Alexander A. Vandegrift, USMC
• THE INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA
  by Admiral H. K. Hewitt, USN
• THE INVASION OF SICILY
  by Vice Admiral Richard L. Conolly, USN
• THE BATTLE FOR TARAWA
  by Major General Julian C. Smith, USMC
• THE CAPTURE OF KWA JALEIN
  by Admiral Richmond K. Turner, USN
• THE INVASION OF NORMANDY
  by Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk, USN
• THE BATTLE FOR THE MARIANAS
  by Lieut. General Holland M. Smith, USMC
• THE BATTLE OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA
  by Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN
• THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE
  by Rear Admiral Calvin T. Durgin, USN
• THE U. S. COAST GUARD IN WORLD WAR II
  by Admiral Russell R. Waesche, USCG
• THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE GULF
  by Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN and Admiral A Mitscher, USN
• U. S. NAVAL GROUP, CHINA
  by Rear Admiral Milton E. Miles, USN
• THE BATTLE FOR IWO JIMA
  by Lieut. General Harry Schmidt, USMC
• THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN
  by Lieut. General Roy S. Geiger, USMC
• THE LAST DAYS OF THE JAPANESE FLEET
  by Rear Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN
• SURRENDER OF JAPAN
  by Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., USN
• NAVAL AWARDS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
• STATISTICS ON AMERICAN, JAP, GERMAN, AND ITALIAN NAVIES
• THE POST-WAR NAVY
  by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN
• SHIPS OF THE FLEET
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
• INDEX