Ebook: A sailor's history of the U.S. Navy
Author: Cutler Thomas J
- Tags: United States. -- Navy -- History., Sailors -- United States -- History., United States. Navy -- History., HISTORY -- Military -- Naval., United States. -- Navy., Sailors., United States.
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Naval Institute Press
- City: Annopolis, United States
- Language: English
- epub
Adopted by the U.S. Navy for issue to all new Sailors, A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy brings to life the events that have shaped and inspired the Navy of today while highlighting the roles of all Sailors?from seaman to admiral. Rather than focus entirely upon such naval icons as Stephen Decatur and Chester Nimitz, as most histories do, author Thomas J. Cutler, a retired lieutenant commander and former second Read more...
Abstract: Adopted by the U.S. Navy for issue to all new Sailors, A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy brings to life the events that have shaped and inspired the Navy of today while highlighting the roles of all Sailors?from seaman to admiral. Rather than focus entirely upon such naval icons as Stephen Decatur and Chester Nimitz, as most histories do, author Thomas J. Cutler, a retired lieutenant commander and former second class petty officer, brings to the forefront the contributions of enlisted people. You'll read about Quartermaster Peter Williams, who steered the ironclad Monitor into hi