Department of Defense and Unification of Air Service

Department of Defense and Unification of Air Service

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 1434

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Contains hearings and reports of the House Committee on Military Affairs regarding H.R. 46, a bill to reconstitute the War Dept. as it originally existed, and to change the name of the War Dept. to the Dept. of Defense and the aviation responsibilities between Army and Navy.


Revolt of the Admirals

Revolt of the Admirals

Author: Jeffrey G. Barlow

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13:

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Chronicles in compelling detail the historic showdown between the U.S. Air Force and the Navy over the role of carrier aviation in the national security framework of the United States.


Holding the Line

Holding the Line

Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-03-21

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 1472831705

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Naval and air power were crucial to the United Nations' success in the Korean War, as it sought to negate the overwhelming Chinese advantage in manpower. In what became known as the 'long hard slog', naval aviators sought to slow and cut off communist forces and support troops on the ground. USS Leyte (CV-32) operated off Korea in the Sea of Japan for a record 93 continuous days to support the Marines in their epic retreat out of North Korea, and was crucial in the battles of the spring and summer of 1951 in which the UN forces again battled to the 38th Parallel. All of this was accomplished with a force that was in the midst of change, as jet aircraft altered the entire nature of naval aviation. This paperback edition of Holding the Line chronicles the carrier war in Korea from the first day of the war to the last, focusing on front-line combat, while also describing the technical development of aircraft and shipboard operations, and how these all affected the broader strategic situation on the Korean Peninsula.