Bob Hope and the Medic: An Encounter on the Queen Mary
In September 1939, the RMS Queen Mary was returning to the United States from England on the eve of war. She carried 2,332 passengers—many of […]
World War II
Silent Night, Deadly Night: The Sinking of SS Léopoldville
On Christmas Eve 1944, the Battle of the Bulge raged in the Ardennes Forest. Adolf Hitler’s war machine launched its last major offensive on December […]
Book Review: Phantom Fleet by Alexander Rose
Deep inside the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois is something rather unexpected: a World War II German U-boat. Thousands of people […]
Day of Final Victory: Black Soldiers Aboard the Queen Mary
During World War II, the need to transport large numbers of Allied troops across the globe saw the world’s ocean liners being pressed into military […]
Born of Death: The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff
By late January 1945, Nazi Germany was on the verge of losing World War II. On the Western Front, its offensive in the Ardennes failed. […]
A Royal Pain: The HMT Georgic & HMS Dido Incident
I don’t know about you, but I need something a little lighter after writing about some heavy topics lately (the last few weeks have been […]
The Four Chaplains and the Sinking of the Dorchester
During World War II, scores of ocean liners were converted into troop transports for the Allied war effort. Mighty ships like Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, […]