The 20th century was a century of marvelous accomplishments. Most notably the automobile, the airplane, space travel, man landing on the moon and numerous advancements in medicine and science. But despite these great accomplishments, future historians will recall the 20th century, in all likelihood, as a Century of War.

Century of War

History

Giberson, Art

Americas

Writers Club Pr

In mid-October 1962, the United States Armed Forces were placed on their highest state of readiness since World War II after photographs taken by reconnaissance aircraft revealed that Soviet missile sites were being constructed on the island of Cuban. President John F. Kennedy and the Department of Defense were determined to prevent the sites from becoming operational. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his field commanders in Cuba, were equally determined that missile installations would be placed in Cuba and were prepared to use battlefield nuclear weapons to defend the island if the United States invaded. The U.S. military was placed on a DEFCON-3 alert and an armada of 300 U.S. Navy ships set sail for the Caribbean to enforce a blockade of Cuba with instructions to launch missiles, if so ordered, on a moment's notice. Additionally, 20 aircraft armed with nuclear bombs were in the air around the clock ready to strike the Soviet Union. The prevention of a nuclear holocaust depended entirely on which side would blink first — the Soviet Union or the United States.

Standoff in the Caribbean

Military

ArtGibBooks

The Mighty O: From Warrior to Artificial Reef, the Aircraft Carrier Oriskany Continues in Service to America

FisicalBook

The USS Oriskany , known affectionately as The Mighty O, is an aircraft carrier 911 feet long. Eight boilers and four steam turbine engines, delivering 150,000 shaft horsepower to four propellers, drove The Mighty O as she cruised through the water at speeds in excess of 30 knots. During fleet operations, the ship consumed 200 thousand gallons of fuel oil per day. The Mighty O is comparable in height to a 25-story skyscraper, has 10 decks and extended 192 feet above the waterline. Her crew, including the air wing, consisted of around 3,500 men. During the Vietnam War, The Mighty O carried a complement of 80 aircraft (jets, prop-driven and helicopters). Most of her fixed-wing aircraft, including the 70,000 pound A3 Sky Warrior, were launched by two steam-driven catapults. Aircraft recovery was accomplished by four arresting cables. After 25 years of service, The Mighty O continues her service to the nation as an artificial reef in 200 feet of water, 20 miles off the coast of Pensacola, Florida.

The Mighty O: USS Oriskany CVA-34

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Patriot Media, Publishing

War Stories: personal accounts of war experiences told by wartime veterans of World War II, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the first war with Iraq (Desert Storm) originally intended for publication in a small weekly newspaper. The interview list included officers and enlisted men and women from all branches of the armed forces. Veterans interviewed included Soldiers, Marines, Airman, Navy and Coast Guard Sailors. They had served as infantrymen, tank drivers, aviators, submariners, combat photographers, cooks, supply technicians, gunners and engineers. Included in the group were several former prisoners of war—one of which spent the entire war as a POW in Japan. Another participant was a member of the Women’s Royal Australian Air Force who later migrated to the United States as a war bride. A World War II widow tells of the cruel circumstances of her husband’s death at the hands of the enemy while being held as prisoner of war. The men and women interviewed for the Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm sequences, like their War World II counterparts, served in every field. They ranged in rank from private to generals and admirals—regular military, Reservists and National Guardsmen. These were and are America’s finest—the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers, who gladly go in harm’s way to ensure that freedom prevails.

War Stories

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The story of two of America's front line aircraft carriers with a combined active service of 81 years— USS Lexington CV-16 and USS Oriskany CV-34. Both ships distinguished themselves in war and peace but even though their active service ended long ago, they continue in service to American —USS Lexington as a floating museum in Corpus Christi, Texas and USS Oriskany as a fishing reef 12 miles off the cost off the coast of Pensacola Beach, Florida

Freedom's First Responders: U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers

Arts & Photography

Gibeson, Art

Photography & Video

A Mayport, Florida base Navy destroyer, just returning from an 7 month deployment is suddenly deployed again, two days after returning from the Mediterranean, it ordered to return to sea for the Cuban Missile Crisis

Tin Can Sailors

Photojournalist: The story of a Navy combat photographer : a novel

Wind Canyon Books

The Blue Ghost: The ship that couldn't be sunk

This is the widely-anticipated history of U.S. naval photography officially commissioned by the National Association of Naval Photography. The book highlights many of the people involved in Navy photography from the earliest days, beginning in 1914 when the Navy's first 'official' photographer, Walter L. Richardson, a cook and amateur photographer, took some of the first pictures for the naval service, and contains dozens of archival photographs collected from retired Navy photographers and other private collections around the country. It traces the history of naval photography to the present time, highlighting the many colorful and talented photographers whose skill, dedication made this history so remarkable. There are action photographs taken over the decades by some of the Navy's best photographers, in addition to dozens of photographs of these distinguished photographers themselves.

Eyes of the fleet: A history of naval photography

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