Continental Navy

A Trip to the Past Being a sailor during World War II was an emotional roller coaster. Herb Hanson, now 92 served during World War II. Growing up in central Minnesota, with loving parents, eight brothers and sisters, he left to fight a war, that he at the time didn’t fully understand. Herb was the only sibling to serve during the second great war. Listening to his stories, I felt like I was there in the middle of the war myself. The reason of this paper is to give you a glimpse at what it would…

Robinson Crusoe Literary Criticism Essay Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a tale based of the real survival of a Scottish merchant marooned on a Caribbean island during the early 1700s. In Expanding Empires, Expanding Selves : Colonialism, the novel and Robinson Crusoe by, Brett C. McInelly (2003 John Hopkins University Press). Brett C. McInelly, talks about British and European colonialism of the era, religious conversion, expansion of trade, and the mastering of oneself and destiny In…

to further support the British government. According to N.A.M. Rodger, naval expenditures rose throughout the Napoleonic Wars (Roger 644-645). As such, it was vitally important for the British government to keep the citizens content with the Royal Navy, or else the government may have dealt with legitimacy issues, putting the operation at risk. This research paper will argue that through the portrayal of decisive naval battle victories in art and the marked overvaluing of these paintings to the…

Galaxy Wars “Beep beep,intruder alert, intruder alert”.The alarm that sounded like thousand sirens in one room, waking me of a wonderful dream.”Uuugh” I muttered.Even though it was just a drill, the tension was still very high between the other ship mates. “Get to your stations”,The captain yelled.I almost tripped but barely caught myself.I grabbed my custom paint rifle that would make people stare in awe and ran into the simulator. It was very dark in the room,darker than usual.I…

As the cannon fire rained upon the Kumungu Jungle from the sea afar. The pirate can now start his search for the bounty of a dangerous marksman that thrives in the Kumungu Jungle. Without hesitation the ruthless pirate heads into the jungle with three of his strongest henchman to help him find and capture the fabled marksman. The pirate, Gangplank, had heard of the stories of the marksman. The most known tale of the marksman had been of the marksman terrorizing many homes of the citizens of…

It was late March 1876, the wind was cold and hard like the stones of the lake shore the S.S. Cronet landed on, carrying six crew and three passengers. The three passengers were explorers sent by the Government of Canada to explore from the subarctic shores of Repulse Bay to Chesterfield Inlet townships. They were sent to map hundreds of lakes and over five-hundred miles of shore line. The passengers on this boat are Troy Mathews Leader and mapper from Quebec, Stephen Lewis the cook from the…

A/N: Chapter One: The Unexpected Transfer “Captain, May I speak to you?” “Yes, Number One. Did you enjoy your shore leave?” “Well it is about a young starfleet officer that I met on Risa while on shore leave. She was transferred to the USS Yamato, which we saw be destroyed a few days ago.” “Very well, I will look over her starfleet record.” “I had Data do that. What did you find on her?” “Her mother died after she was born. Her father was a starfleet officer assigned to an outpost near…

‘’Let's go ladies,’’ yells the captain of the landing craft that Logan Thomas was on. It was June 6, 1944 at 6:30. There was a slight matalic smell and was quite cool from the water sprays. Logan was a part of the 2nd battalion. He is just out of high school, Logan was a tall, very muscular boy. He was a part of the football and wrestling team. But, even he felt the fear of landing on Omaha Beach. Logan looks up at his fellow troops and sees many young boys shaking in fear with their M1’s in…

Chapter One Nothing seemed to be happening, so they all ignored the loud noises. That is, until the noises became louder and they saw the flickering of the flames. The pirates had lit at least twenty torches and were marching down the street, looking to cause chaos and mischief. The leader, the infamous Captain Mako, laughed boisterously and stumbled into a house. He yelled, “Burn them all down! The flames are pretty!” The other pirates cheered and threw their flaming torches at the porches of…

Queen Anne’s Revenge In November 1996 researchers working with Intersal Inc. found a mound of cannon, anchors, and ballast stones off the coast of Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina. What the researchers discovered Queen Anne’s Revenge, the flagship of Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach (Wilde-Ramsing:2006). The ship, which sank in 1718, was not professional excavated by archaeologists till 1997 when the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) to control of the site. The site has…