Monthly Archives: November 2015

Dear SHNM Members, Perhaps the material below will provide some interesting post-Thanksgiving Day meal reading! Thanksgiving must be a great day in the Navy!  Although your Executive Director has never served in the Army Forces, I can well imagine the … Continue reading →

As many of your know, your Executive Director is a French historian; I hope that gives me some license to reflect on France during the latest terrorist attacks.  France is the oldest American ally, and we have long had a … Continue reading →

SHNM PAPERS 2016

In honor of Veterans Day, I’m reposing a great article on “Navy Medicine in 1914” written by Andre Sobocinski.  So for today we especially recognize Rear Admiral William Braisted who served as the Surgeon General of the Navy from 1914-1920, … Continue reading →

The Society for the History of Navy Medicine will partner again with the North American Society for Oceanic History for an annual conference, this year in Portland Maine.  The North Atlantic Fisheries History Association will also be a co-sponsor. Please … Continue reading →