[henkster]

What I like about Parshall and Tully is that they can provide such a detailed technical analysis based on the historical record, and also convey the sense of tragedy in human terms.

One of the other contributors to their website, Craig Burke, was someone I corresponded with when I was on The History Channel website. He was a great guy with a lot of knowledge about the Pacific War, but he lost a battle to prostate cancer last year.

By the way, one of the other contributors to the THC website, Pete Paradis, found about 5 volumes of the official U.S. Army History at a bookstore closing, and even though he lived on the other side of the country he was kind enough to ship them to me. That’s where I got the U.S. Army maps I posted last night.

[colorado tanker]

I was very impressed with their detailed analysis of the Shokaku engagement. I couldn't believe the Japanese actually tried to do a roll call in the middle of evacuating a sinking ship. I wasn't in the Navy, but that made no sense to me.

The Army really did the right thing with it's thorough publications on the history of WWII. Some of the best historians in the country worked on that project.