Chris Hemler

Jan 1, 2025 | usni.org | Chris Hemler

1. Whitman S. Bartley, Iwo Jima: Amphibious Epic (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954), iii. 2. Richard F. Newcomb, Iwo Jima (New York: Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1965); Richard Wheeler, Iwo (New York: Lippincott & Cromwell, 1980); and Col Joseph H. Alexander, USMC (Ret.), Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997) and Closing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima (Washington DC: Marine Corps Historical Center, 1994).

Apr 30, 2024 | usni.org | BJ Armstrong |J. M. Caiella |Eric L. Mills |Chris Hemler

More on the Possible Monitor Revelation Jim Caiella In his “A New Look for an Old Icon,” Francis DuCoin makes an interesting argument for a view of the ironclad USS ... It did not take long for the weaponeers to come up with a cost-effective solution to this gunboat threat: rapid-firing small-caliber guns with enough hitting power and range to cripple ...