The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part Two.

In his memoir, the captain of the USS Tang displays good-humored responses to revelations by his men. 

The making of Final Mission: USS Tang Submarine Experience: Part One. 

In a memoir by legendary USS Tang Captain Richard O’Kane, we glimpse the mind-set of a warrior and leader determined to succeed in the cold, pitiless reality of war.

Learn more about the Medal of Honor recipient and Museum friend.  
 

Ferguson’s short passage has some deep, important lessons and implications for how to think of the world we inhabit.

Read a Merchant Mariner's personal account of 20 days at sea after a Japanese submarine attack on the Indian Ocean. 

After a bloody first day of fighting, Japanese and American battleships slugged out one of World War II's most brutal battles. 

Does World War II have a War and Peace? Novels by Herman Wouk and Vasily Grossman plunge deep into the darkest history of the 20th century. 

Eleven months after witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, Harold Ward stood watch aboard the USS San Francisco as the heavy cruiser "steamed right into a mess."