Eric Mills is the author of Chesapeake Bay in the Civil War and Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties. His articles have appeared in Naval History, Proceedings, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, and other publications. He lives near Easton, MD.

Articles by Eric Mills

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Movie Review

By Eric Mills
April 2010
HBO's The Pacific: Marine Corps' War Makes for Epic Television Executive Producers: Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, Gary Goetzman. Airs Sundays, 2100 Eastern Daylight time, through 16 May on HBO. Reviewed ...

Collector's Guide to Pirate Movie DVDs

By Eric Mills
April 2009
From a silent-era swashbuckler that was filmed in color to a Disneyland ride-inspired trilogy, our reviewer takes a look at well-known and obscure pirate films available for home viewing.
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Where Naval Tradition Lives

By Eric Mills
April 2008
A museum without walls, Annapolis, Maryland, beckons history lovers with an irresistible mixture of maritime lore and colonial and naval attractions.
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Museum Report

By Eric Mills
April 2008
A Living Lighthouse Legacy Mention "lighthouse" and most people picture the classic stone-tower edifice standing sentinel along a craggy, wave-tossed coast. But another type, the screwpile lighthouse, in its own ...
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Many Challenges, One Fleet

By Eric Mills
November 2006
USNI 2006 Joint Warfare Atlantic Conference & Exposition, Tomorrow's Fleet: Projecting Power Across the Spectrum of Conflict, Virginia Beach Convention Center, Virginia Beach, VA, 4-5 October

Terror Threats at Water's Edge

By Eric Mills
July 2006
In June, the United States Naval Institute hosted the Homeland Port Security Conference, highlighted by a hypothetical situation and reality check. A stirring speech delivered on Ellis Island, a call ...