That summer, the U.S. Pacific carrier fleet ... toward the landing beaches through the archipelago south of Luzon. [Courtesy: Patrick Chovanec] In the starting days of WWII, the U.S. Navy ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII ... Iwo Jima landings, and Lingayen Gulf Operation.

At the height of World War II, the U.S. Navy faced a critical training dilemma: how to safely prepare thousands of new pilots for carrier landings ... converted vessels. Crashes were expected ...