Crossed Currents: Navy Women in a Century of Change - Softcover

Ebbert, Jean; Hall, Marie-Beth; Beach, Edward Latimer

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9781574881936: Crossed Currents: Navy Women in a Century of Change

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ISBN 10: 1574881930 ISBN 13: 9781574881936

Publisher: Potomac Books Inc, 1999

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This new, revised edition of the path-breaking first history of the female members of the U.S. Navy has been updated to include the recent integration of Navy women into the crews of combaant shops and tactical aviation squadrons, and the contributions of Navy women to the space program. It is a comprehensive chronicle of inspirational service spanning nearly the entire century.

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Edward L. Beach graduated from the US Navy's submarine school in December 1941, two weeks after Pearl Harbor. He commanded submarines in the Pacific throughout the rest of the war. His first novel, "Run Silent Run Deep", became an immediate bestseller, and was later made into a Hollywood blockbuster.

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"Belongs in the bookcase of every man and woman who wishes to be knowledgeable about the complete history of the U.S. Navy." -Naval Institute Proceedings

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