The Story of Ensign Jesse L. Brown
Jesse Leroy Brown was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, into a sharecropper family. He was a school athlete who excelled at math and dreamed of being a pilot from the time he was a young boy. When he left Mississippi to attend Ohio State University in 1944, his high...
Japanese Withdrawal: February 1943
Article by Naval History and Heritage Command Despite the heavy U.S. losses at the Battle of Tassafaronga, the engagement set the stage for Japan’s increasing difficulty in resupplying its troops on Guadalcanal. U.S. air attacks frustrated several of the...
African American Trailblazers
Article by Naval History and Heritage Command To honor African American History Month, the following is a collection of graphics depicting some of the black officers and enlisted personnel who have stood out among the U.S. Navy’s best and brightest, gaining...
Famous Navy Quotations
Discover, share, and learn the origins of some of the best-known Navy quotes and sayings. “…without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!”Captain John Paul Jones, 17 October 1776, in a letter to Robert Morris. “I have not yet begun to fight!”Captain John Paul Jones...