United States Navy Hospital Corpsman

I picked an interview with Sumner Clayton he served in the US Navy from 1960 until 1980. The reason I picked this interview is because Sumner served as a part of a mine interdiction division. Sumner was originally put into the fleet sonar school in Key West but after accidentally electrocuting himself with 440 DC of electricity refused to go back stating he would rather "pick up the paint scraper". He claims leaving the school was the biggest mistake of his life as he spent the next 19 years on…

During the Second World War there were many efforts into attaining victory for the Allied forces. Led by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance played a vital role in the success of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific front. Admiral Spruance of the United States Navy was one of these vital leaders who changed the tides of the battle with his set of leadership skills. The beginning of his career was when Spruance entered the US Naval Academy 1902. He graduated on September 13th 1906,…

short in staff personnel for key homeland security missions. In 2008, the USCG did not meet their personal requirements for escorting tankers. Therefore, they could not complete the task of carrying liquefied natural gas or crude oil into the United States ports. “Al Qaeda has indicated in the past that LNG tankers are a potential target, and a May 2005 report by Good Harbor Consulting, which evaluated a hypothetical terrorist attack against LNG tankers and infrastructure in a U.S. port, found…

attacked change the United States. Before the attack happened, none of the high-ranking officials knew. Roosevelt’s attention was focused on the Pacific that morning because, for the previous two years he had used all of his jugglings skills to nudge the nation closer to war in Europe. An internationalist at heart, he recognized that the modern technology of warfare…

The Pearl Harbor attack led to a world war. Japan thought that getting rid of the U.S. Pacific Navy would help them expand southward into southeast asia. The attack hurt the Pacific Navy so bad they could not even attempt to try and stop Japan from going southward. A lot of people think that the U.S. did not try and fight back but they did. The U.S. was so unprepared and surprised that they did not have any defense ready to fight back. Three- quarters of the 780 anti-aircraft guns had no one…

considered the Father of the Modern Submarine and I consider him influential because he made a major impact on the way that battles at sea are fought. Holland was born in Ireland where he grew up and worked as a teacher, later immigrating to the United States in 1873. He found employment at an engineering firm and again as a teacher at St. John’s Catholic School. His inspiration for the submarine was in his reading of the battle between the ironclads Monitor and Merrimack in the Civil War. From…

Yesterday, June 6, 1944, from 6:30 a.m. until 8:00 a.m. , the American, Canadian, and British Allied powers invaded Normandy. They decided to do this when it was undeniable that Hitler wasn’t going to surrender to the Allies. General Douglas MacArthur finally decided it was time to do something big that would lead to Hitler’s surrender. So, like a stampede of water buffalo, the powers rushed onto Normandy’s land. They spread out over a 60 mile coast, covering 5 beaches, codenamed Juno, Gold,…

In December 9, 1941 Roosevelt delivered a speech via radio in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In this speech, Roosevelt compares Japan to Hitler's and Mussolini in Europe's and Africa's invasions of other countries to show how dangerous Japan could become if it was not stopped. Roosevelt goes on to say that "it has become far more than a parallel. It is actual collaboration so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all the oceans, are now considered by the…

While Yamamoto thought his two-fisted plan would cripple the United States because he wanted them to back out of the war before it even started, the United States was more prepared than he anticipated because they knew that they would try to bomb them the first chance he had so they prepared for attack. When looking back through history, it is important to…

Introduction The Battle of Midway was between America’s and Japan’s Navy. It started on June 3, 1942 and ended on June 7, 1942 with America winning. Battle of Midway was one of America’s most decisive victories of the war. The American Intelligence was able to decode Japan’s naval code. With the naval code America was able to anticipate a surprise attack. The U.S. Naval forces were able to recognized the attack against the Alaska Islands and were able to mass the Japanese forces around Midway.…