In an innovative twist of fate, the decommissioned USS Valley Forge, an Essex-class aircraft carrier with a storied military history, was transformed into the fictional space freighter Valley Forge for the 1971 film "Silent Running."
Gerald H. Haddock taught geology at Wheaton College for 29 years, and regularly spent summers teaching and researching at the college’s science station in South Dakota’s Black Hills.
(Feb. 25, 2022) Six different battles make up what is called the “Java Sea Campaign.” They include (1) Macassar Strait, also known as Balikpapan, on Jan. 23-24, (2) Madoera Strait