MJ23 Scope Hero

On Our Scope

Our cover story this issue looks at what was unfolding in the South Pacific 80 years ago during this actionful chapter of Halsey’s career.

June 2023

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In putting together a magazine called Naval History, we define “naval” broadly. In addition to the Navy itself, it also covers the other two sea services, and it deals with ...

Jim Barber
May 2023

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Earlier this year, China’s government cracked down violently on dissident students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, then pretended that the untoward events there had never happened. Such efforts to rewrite or ...

Jim Barber
May 2023

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In 1975 the Navy and Marine Corps celebrated the bicentennial year of their founding. Now it is the turn of the third sea service, the U. S. Coast Guard. The ...

Jim Barber
May 2023

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One of the challenges in putting together a magazine is that of coming up with a mix of editorial material to satisfy a wide spectrum of readers. The broad topic ...

Jim Barber
May 2023

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When we published a collection of oral history excerpts concerning the Pueblo incident in the fall issue, we had the feeling we would get the attention of a number of ...

Jim Barber
April 2023

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Time flies on such swift wings that it seems hard to believe that 20 years have passed since the North Koreans captured the U. S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo (AGER-2) ...

Jim Barber
April 2023

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In this era of high-tech naval warfare—missiles, computers, and smart weapons—it is interesting to read about some of the weapons used earlier in this century. In one of our oral ...

Jim Barber
April 2023

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The Battle of Midway, even after 46 years, continues to hold a great deal of fascination for many Americans. Author Walter Lord called it an “incredible victory,” as indeed it ...

Jim Barber
April 2023

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This is the first regular quarterly issue of Naval History, and I’m happy to report to you that the subscriber response has been even better than anticipated. In some ways ...

Jim Barber
April 2023