Willis Boyd Allen
NAVY BLUE: a Story of Cadet Life in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis
eBook
( April 12, 2020)
At no time in our history has the attention of the people of the United States been more earnestly concentrated upon our navy than at the present crisis, when our country is engaged in deadly warfare with a foreign nation. It is nevertheless true that in watching the construction of new and formidable warships and the movements of our fleets at their various stations, we too often lose sight of the training-school, without which our vessels were but expensive toys of the nation. Through ...