This is a story about three men, from three branches of the military, all connected by a powerful piece of patriotism.

In the wee hours of September 5, 1942, Japanese destroyers sank the USS Gregory in the Southwest Pacific. Mess Attendant 1st Class Charles Jackson French immediately began piling as many wounded men ...

The USS United States (CVA-58) was a post-WWII “supercarrier” designed to be a sea-based platform for heavy, nuclear-armed ...