pacific ocean

Explores the Pacific Ocean and discusses its history, natural resources, plant and animal life, and inhabitants who live along its shores.

Describes the physical characteristics, plant and animal life, explorers, and environmental problems of the world's largest ocean, the Pacific. Includes Internet links to web sites related to oceans.

Discusses the prominent events and personalities of 1944 in the military campaigns in Europe and in the Pacific.

Elmer Renner recounts how he and eight other shipmates from a U.S. Navy minesweeper off the coast of Okinawa managed to survive a deadly typhoon after their ship sank on September 16, 1945.

Story of the World War II submarine Wahoo, which helped to change the course of the war.

Wildlife photojournalist and medical doctor Glenn Vanstrum provides an account of his experiences and discoveries learning about the world's oceans over the course of twenty-five years.

Details the history of the U.S. Navy submarine Tang in the Pacific theater of World War II, the explosion that led to its sinking, the ordeal of its surviving crew members and their capture by the Japanese, followed by months of brutal captivity.

Relates the courage of John F. Kennedy during World War II, especially in saving his crew when they were stranded in the South Pacific after their PT boat was rammed by a Japanese warship.

Tells the story of the sinking of the USS "Indianapolis" in 1945, Captain Charles McVay's court-martial for the disaster, and the U.S. Navy's official statement over fifty years later--and thirty-three years after his suicide--that he was not to blame.

An account of John F. Kennedy's term of duty on the famous PT 109, from the time he joined his unit through his dramatic rescue.