Here in the United States, the economic mood is quite gloomy. The media is all awash with cautionary tales of woe and gloom and doom. I even hesitate to look at the newspaper anymore. All of which started me thinking about the Depression in the 1930’s. What was their outlook? What...
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I was reading the New York Times this morning and they had an article about the Cold War and the delicate dance between the Soviet Union and the United States submarine forces off the icy, Artic waters of the Soviet Union. The story, based on the book about the QueenFish entitled “Unknown Waters”,...
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The best parts about history is learning the individual stories. To make the past come alive is what makes history exciting to me and hopefully you. With that in mind, today let’s take a trip to the LOC to learn about the: The Depression and the Federal Writer’s Project The Depression was devestating...
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(1) Launched in 1930 and commissioned with a bottle of grape juice (remember Prohibition?). Designed as a carrier from start to finish, the USS Ranger was one of the first truly built carriers in the United States Navy. Although often overlooked by many who were blinded by the bigger carriers operating out of the Pacific, the...
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