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3 September 2024
Welcome back to our National Maritime Historical Society members and friends who share a love for naval history!
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We hope everyone had a pleasurable Labor Day weekend! Tuesday Tidings anticipates an uptick in naval heritage activity as the academic year commences and folks have returned from their summer vacations.
Last week we noted the funeral services of a Navy Cross recipient, Capt. Allen Ellis Weseleskey, and the passing of naval historian James C. Bradford. In the case of Dr. Bradford, he was recognized in 2013 as one of the first three recipients of the Commodore Dudley Knox Medal for lifetime achievement as a naval historian. In addition to the memorial service planned by the family in Michigan scheduled on 11 September, a tribute gathering has been announced at the tomb of John Paul Jones at the US Naval Academy on 17 September. The formal invitation, along with a remembrance from the former Director of Naval History Dr. William S. Dudley, is posted below.
For this week’s Naval History Book Review, we thank Dr. Charles Kolb for his review of Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor.
Tuesday Tidings is compiled by Dr. David F. Winkler and Jessie Henderson as a benefit for members of the National Maritime Historical Society and friends of naval history.
As always, comments and naval history news items are welcome at nmhs@seahistory.org.
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A Remembrance Of Prof. Jim Bradford U.S. Naval Academy Chapel Crypt / John Paul Jones Tomb 17 September 2024 3:30 pm
Raised in Michigan, Prof. Jim Bradford earned his PhD at the University of Virginia. He began his career as a historian as an assistant professor at the US Naval Academy. He went on to a 40 year career at Texas A&M, serving as a teacher and mentor to a generation of naval historians. He returned to USNA as the Class of ‘57 Distinguished Chair of Naval Heritage in 2012–2013. Over those decades of service he helped found many of our historical scholarly associations and wrote and edited many books. He was the editor of The Papers of John Paul Jones and the nation’s leading scholar on the “Father of the American Navy.”
We welcome you to join us on Tuesday, 17 September, to remember Jim and his service, mentorship, and friendship. We will gather at John Paul Jones’s tomb in the crypt of the USNA Chapel at 3:30 PM for an informal opportunity to share our remembrances. Following our time in the crypt we will adjourn to “The Alley” at the USNA Officers’ Club for a no-host social to continue sharing our memories of Jim.
NOTE: Attendees are responsible for their own access to the Naval Academy. If you do not have access credentials, you will need to walk onto the Yard via the Visitor’s Center at Gate 1. A FAQ about access/security details can be found here: https://www.usna.edu/Visit/index.php.
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A Salute from William S. Dudley, PhD
Jim Bradford’s recent passing left a large gap in the ranks of American naval historians. He will be greatly missed because he was a wonderful friend to those lucky enough to have known him. He had a twinkle in his eyes and broad smile on his face when you met him, and he always had a story to tell. He had an encyclopedic mind and could illuminate any subject up for discussion. Students loved him because he was entertaining and humorous, even as he talked on serious subjects. His bibliography shows he was an enthusiastic editor of book series and wrote books for his students and colleagues to use in the courses they taught. One of the subjects he made his special interest was the career of Captain John Paul Jones of the Continental Navy. His major work was a microfilm publication of the Papers of John Paul Jones, a little-known item these days, but it is a great contribution for Revolutionary War scholars. It was published by Chadwick-Healy and can be accessed HERE. Bradford also prepared a study guide to the collection that includes 5,000 original documents and 6,000 transcriptions of those whose originals are now missing and unattainable elsewhere. Jim was in his element during the annual meetings of the historical societies of which he was a member, namely the North American Society for Ocean History (NASOH) and the Society for the History of the Early Republic (SHEAR). Fare Thee Well, Jim, we will miss you.
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New York to Host International Naval Review in 2026!
See Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s announcement HERE.
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NAVAL HISTORY BOOK REVIEWS | |
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Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, A Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor. By Mark Harmon and Leon J. Carroll Jr. New York: Harper Select, an imprint of HarperCollins, (2023).
Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD
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 |  | ...The authors, Mark Harmon and Leon J. Carroll Jr., are well known to different audiences, but also shared something in common. Harmon, now age 72, quarterbacked UCLA to multiple winning football seasons and received his BA cum laude in communications in 1972. He also became a star of screen (for example, The Presidio in 1988), television (50+ shows, notably Chicago Hope, West Wing, JAG, and NCIS), and stage, and has for past 20+ years been recognized for his role as Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the hit drama NCIS, and also as an executive producer of the show. Carroll (Rosco “Rocky” Carroll), now age 61, football player and boxer, served as a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, and on active duty for six years plus three years in the Marine Corps Reserves, attaining the rank of major. His duty assignments included serving in the Fleet Marine Forces and Sea Duty onboard USS Ogden (LPD 5). Carroll spent 20 years as a special agent with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), serving in seven different locations, including tours as a special agent afloat on the USS Ranger (CV 61) and as the special agent in charge of NCIS offices in the Republic of Panama and the Pacific Northwest. Following retirement from NCIS, he became the technical advisor for the television show NCIS, holding that position for 20+ seasons. He portrayed the character Leon Vance onscreen as NCIS assistant director and then director for 15 years. He has also directed 15 episodes and appeared in 11 films and 27 television series (notably ER, Boston Legal, and Grey’s Anatomy). The show found success in combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genres with comedy and exceptionally accurate award-winning content.
A few years ago, Harmon (likely the “money man”) and Carroll (the “content man”) began their collaboration in writing Ghosts of Honolulu, inspired to showcase the real-life development of NCIS and emphasize the importance of an early founder, Douglas Wada. They have explored the history of little-covered topics employing a variety of source materials illustrating counterintelligence and domestic counterespionage before, during and after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. A book well worth reading.
Read full review>>
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USNI Proceedings Podcast: Mysteries of the K-129
28 August 2024
The disappearance of a Soviet submarine in the Pacific—and the CIA’s clandestine effort to retrieve the wreck—remains one of the most intriguing chapters in the story of the Cold War. Host Eric Mills gets an inside account from Navy Reserve Captain Jack G. Newman, a former submarine officer who was there.
Watch here>>
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The Society for Military History
Distinguished Book Awards for 2025
Background: The Society for Military History is soliciting nominations for its annual Distinguished Book Awards for 2025. Established in 1933, the Society is devoted to stimulating and advancing the study of military history. Its membership (today more than 2,600) includes many of the most prominent scholars, soldiers, and citizens interested in military history. The Society encourages research and publication across the whole range of military history (ancient, medieval, and modern, including related popular studies). The Society publishes The Journal of Military History, the leading international scholarly journal of military history.
The Distinguished Book Awards: For the 2025 awards, books published (copyright date) in 2023 and 2024 are eligible. Works previously nominated for the Society’s book awards may be resubmitted provided they were published in 2023. Nominated books should be assigned to one of the following prize categories:
Distinguished Book (two awards)
- Edited and reference works contain collections of information, such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, handbooks, and diagnostic manuals.
- Biography and memoirs—works that examine the life of a single individual or the lives of multiple individuals, or first-person accounts of lived experiences, in the context of war and/or the military
- First book—works that represent a single author’s first monograph)
The committee will make its selections for awards by January 30, 2025. The Society will give the awards at its annual meeting in Mobile, Alabama on 27–30 March 2025. The author of each prize-winning book will receive recognition at the Society’s annual awards presentation, an award plaque, and a $1,000 prize.
The committee must receive books for consideration for the 2025 awards by 7 October 2024.
Publishers must follow this process for each volume they intend to submit:
Please send a copy of each book for consideration with a letter specifying consideration for the SMH Book Awards to each committee member at the addresses listed below. Books must be submitted in physical copy, and electronic versions will not be considered. The committee recognizes the expense to authors and publishers associated with submitting five copies of each nominated book and therefore encourages serious submissions only. Please note that books will not be returned and that only award winners will be notified of selection.
At the discretion of the committee, submissions which are received after 7 October 2024 may be deferred for consideration in the 2026 awards.
Sincerely,
Debra J. Sheffer, PhD
Chair SMH Book Awards Committee
Email: debra.sheffer@park.edu
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SMH 2025 Book Awards
Committee Member Addresses
Marion Dorsey, PhD
Department of History
University of New Hampshire
14 Fogg Drive
Durham, NH 03824
Ian Beckett, PhD
School of History
University of Kent, Canterbury
Tides, Trewelloe Road, Praa Sands, Penzance
Cornwall, TR20 9SU, UK
Tarak Barkawi, PhD
Department of Political Science
Johns Hopkins University
1102 Bryn Mawr Road
Baltimore, MD 21210
Matthew Neufeld, PhD
Department of History
University of Saskatchewan
Room 619, Arts Tower
9 Campus Drive
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A5
Canada
Debra Sheffer, PhD
Park University
9002 N. Camden Ave.
Kansas City, MO 64154
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The Society for Military History announces a call for papers for its 90th Annual Meeting in Mobile, Alabama, 27–30 March 2025, at the Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and the
Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel.
The Program Committee’s objective is to create a slate of panels that represent the breadth of expertise and interests as well as the overall diversity of the Society’s wide-ranging membership. Individual paper and panel proposals on all facets of military history broadly defined will be considered for inclusion. Members in the academic community, the armed forces and governmental agencies, museums and archives, and independent scholars, as well as international members, are encouraged to participate.
Priority will be given to individual paper and panel submissions that highlight the presentation of original research, new interpretations, topics of immediate interest to our membership, and cutting-edge trends and subject matter. Submission of roundtables is encouraged, but preference will be given to panels that present new, original research.
All submissions will be judged on their merit using the above criteria.
Submission Instructions:
Individual paper proposals must include a 250-word abstract of the paper, and a one-page vita with contact information and email address. If selected, individual papers will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair/commentator.
Panel proposals must include a panel title and 250-word abstract summarizing the theme of the panel; paper titles and a 250-word abstract for each paper proposed; and a one-page curriculum vitae for each panelist (including the chair and commentator) that includes institutional affiliation, email address, and other contact information.
Roundtable proposals must include a roundtable title, the full name and institutional affiliation of each participant, a 250-word abstract summarizing the roundtable’s themes and significance, and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant.
Members who wish to volunteer to serve as chairs and commentators should send a one-page curriculum vitae.
Send all materials to the Program Committee Chair before 18 October 2024 at smhconferences@gmail.com.
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UPCOMING NAVAL & MARITIME HISTORY GATHERINGS | |
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16–19 September 2024: Historic Naval Ship Association (HNSA) Symposium, USS Midway, San Diego
19 September 2024: Navy Memorial Lone Sailor Dinner, Washington, DC
28 September 2024: Coast Guard Ball, National Harbor, MD
16 October 2024: USS Constitution Museum Salute to Service Gala, Boston, MA
19 October 2024: US Navy Birthday Ball, Arlington. VA
24 October 2024: National Maritime Historical Society Annual Awards Dinner, New York, NY
1 November 2024: Marine Birthday Ball, Albany, GA
2 November 2024: Marine Birthday Ball; Orlando, Fl.
2 November 2024: Marine Birthday Ball, San Francisco, CA
9 November 2024: Steamship Historical Society of America Annual Meeting, Queen Mary, Long Beach, CA
31 January–2 February 2025: Western Naval History Association Symposium (WNHA), San Diego. CA
27–30 March 2025: Society for Military History (SMH) Annual Meeting, Mobile, AL
9–11 April 2025: Council of American Maritime Museums Annual Meeting, Pensacola, FL
24–25 May 2025: Canadian Nautical Research Society Annual Conference Port Hope,
Ontario
18–19 September 2025: McMullen Naval History Symposium US Naval Academy
24–28 September 2025: Historic Naval Ship Association (HNSA) Symposium/12th Maritime Heritage Conference, Buffalo, NY
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