written by Todd DePastino Thanks to Navy veteran Chad Rittle, who passed along this terrific article by historian Scot Christenson in the October 2020 issue of Naval History Magazine about the strange origin of the Navy term "gedunk" [pronounced GEE-dunk]. In the Navy and Marine Corps, the term has been used to refer to
Written by Jeff Ballard We just received this wonderful note from globetrotting naval historian Jeff Ballard, with the latest VBC Magazine on Plum Pudding Island (aka, Kennedy Island and Kasolo Island) in the Solomon Islands, South Pacific! "Greetings from the South Pacific. Will return to the US shortly. Talk soon, Jeff “After midnight on
Written by Todd DePastino Every once in a while, you see an artifact that takes your breath away. Such was the case last week, when US Navy SeaBee veteran Russell Knight shared the images below of the World War II mess kit that belonged to John Hando, a private assigned in 1941 to the
USS Muskeget (AG-48), a former commercial cargo ship turned into a Coast Guard weathership and sunk by a German submarine in 1942 (USN) Written by Bob Von Bargen Retired US Air Force Colonel and navigator, Bob Von Bargen, shared a wonderful reminiscence of encountering Ocean Weather Stations while transiting the Atlantic Ocean
Written by Ron Stachevich On the shore of the Ohio River in Pittsburgh, right outside the Carnegie Science Center, there sits a World War II vintage USS Requin (SS-481), a TENCH class submarine commissioned in 1945. On its first patrol, the war ended. Converted to a radar picket from 1948 to 1959, the Requin
