Naval History - February 1997 - Iwo Jima Seabees
Front Cover, Naval History: A Publication of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 11, Number 1, January / February 1997. Articles Include Eyewitness Account of the Civil War at Sea, U-Boat Sailors Tried for Crimes, and Heroic Rescue at Pea Island. GGA Image ID # 218963b253
On The Cover
"The Barque Eagle," by C.G. Evers, depicts the USCG Eagle under full sail at sea. In summer 1996, seamanship trainees and officers took her back to her roots. See her story on page 20. To order an Eagle print, see page 8.
Featured Articles
Against a Raging Storm
By Commander Steve Rochon, U.S. Coast Guard
Hurricane-strength tides in 1896 proved no match for the men of the Pea Island Lifesaving Station—the only all-Black such facility in the country.
'Thank God for Blohm & Voss'
By Russell Drumm / Photography by Doug Kuntz
Horst Wessel/Eagle crews, past and present, hail the ship’s German builder.
Iwo Jima Seabees Stay Unsung
By Lieutenant Commander Peter S. Marra, CEC, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
Why was a U.S. Navy construction battalion—in heavy combat, elbow to elbow with other fighting units—neglected at award time?
'Not All Flaming Spectacle' for David Susskind
By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
One future celebrity at Iwo Jima failed to see glamour in the task at hand.
Mapping and Charting the Solomons
By Lieutenant Colonel Norman Porter, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)
Success or failure often depended on Coast and Geodetic Survey officers.
'She Died a Noble Death'
By Robert Mason
A cache of papers from a Virginia attic bears eyewitness testimony to the epic Civil War battle between the USS Kearsarge and the CSS Alabama.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
By David Miller
Claims of “operational necessity" for firing on survivors of a torpedoed Greek steamer were a weak defense for officers and crew of the U-852.
Farewell to the Troopship
By Winn B. Frank
So many have embarked in them that it won’t be the same without them.
They Are Still Magnificent Men
By Heyward Lewis Osteen
A disillusioned Korean War veteran reveres World War II heroes.
'Who’s In Charge Here?'
By James Edwin Alexander
The destroyer John A. Bole (DD-755) got up close to the Chinese in 1951.
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