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“The steamer, however, could not proceed until the cholera abated, and the regiment was detained still longer. Altogether, on the Isthmus and on the…

— Ulysses S. Grant

“…she, glittery voyager of secure destination, 
steamed down the harbor with whistles whistling and confetti in the air.”

— Truman Capote

The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt…

— Robert Dallek

“s ships Phoenix and Rose, in the company of three tenders, cast off their moorings at Staten Island and started up the harbor under…

— David McCullough

“As night fell, Yamamoto, aboard the huge battleship Yamato, steamed eastward at full speed into the night. Far ahead the destroyers went to flank…

— Dale A. Jenkins

Churchill strikes a note in my life because my father worked on Mulberry Harbour, which was the code name for the temporary concrete harbours…

— Ridley Scott

“WWII plaque that resides on an island in the pacific:   “When you go home  Tell them of us, and say  For your tomorrow, …

— Melissa Schroeder

“America experienced its first victory against the Empire’s expansion at the Battle of Coral Sea on May 7, 1942. In early June 1942, the…

— Charles River Editors

“Coming aboard the ship was like coming home. It didn’t take long for me to get changed into my khaki uniform and get up…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and…

— Franklin D Roosevelt

“It was in fact the ordinary nature of everything preceding the event that prevented me from truly believing it had happened, absorbing it, incorporating…

— Joan Didion

“Let me see a complete reorganization of the North Atlantic fleet’s defensive strategy against Nazi U-boats. And if it won’t go on one side…

— Patrick Robinson