Many who join the U.S. Navy often cite their desire to sail around the world as motivation. For James "Jim" Gardner, who enlisted during World War II in 1942, that was only part of the reason. The ...

"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace." - Theodore Roosevelt "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he ...