The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal
service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland. Established in 1845
by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft , it is the second-oldest of  
the five service academies in the U.S. The first class graduated on
June 10, 1854.

Rose Festival Fleet Week in 1939 brought the USS Philadelphia to Portland. It is seen 
here tied up along the seawall at the foot of SW Salmon St. in front of the old Public Market building.

U.S. Navy sailors marching across the Morrison Bridge in the Rose Parade of 1961

R&B vocal quintet The Essex was formed in 1961 by Walter Vickers and Rodney
Taylor, a pair of U.S. Marines stationed  in, what is now, Okinawa, Japan; upon
returning stateside to Camp Lejeune, NC, the duo recruited fellow leathernecks 
Anita Humes, Billie Hill, and Rudolph Johnson and recorded a demo tape which
earned them a contract with the Roulette label. "Easier Said Than Done" was
recorded in 20 minutes and went to the top of the Billboard chart in July of
1963, selling a million copies.

The Normandy landings, also known as Operation Neptune or D-Day was the
Allied invasion of Normandy during World War ll. The operation was the largest amphibious invasion in world history, with over 160,000 landing troops, 195,700
Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved.The landings took place along a 50-mile stretch of the Normandy coast divided into
five sectors: Utah, Omaha,Gold, Juno and Sward. The operation ended on 30
June 1944.

Survivors of a sunken troop transport wade ashore on Omaha Beach

Midway Atoll

The Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the
Pacific Campaign of World War II. Between 4 and 7 June 1942, approximately one
month after the Battle of the Coral Sea and six months after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy attack against Midway
Atoll (above). Heavy damage was inflicted on the Japanese fleet. It has been
called the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare.

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