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Chief aviation ordnanceman finn earned the medal of honor for his valor having manned a machine gun from an exposed position at naval air station kaneohe bay. While living on saipan he researched and wrote saipan. However, carrier aviationthe height of naval aviation is far, far more than ships, airplanes, and technology. Us navy 1200 navy pentagon washington dc 203501200. His books also include new zealand in the pacific war. Wake island, which actually is an atoll, is one of the most remote occupied locations in the pacific ocean, lying 1,200 miles southwest of midway atoll and more than 1,400 miles northwest of the marshall islands. Naval aviation is the application of military air power by navies, whether from warships that embark aircraft, or land bases.
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