While some of the U.S. Navy in Asian waters between 1800 and 1898 are well known, there has never been a full history of the of the colorful and importent East India Squadron which cruised and fought in these distant waters
Since the end of the Vietnam war, there has been an erosion in the capacity of the U.S. to defend its interests
They have been fighting since 1775, when they were organized in a Philadelphia tavern to help George Washington win our forefathers long war for freedom against King George III. Having achieved this aim, the Marines (as well as the Army and Navy) were disbanded.
It was the sixth of August, 1942, eight months since Vice Admiral Chauchi Nagumo had swung his aircraft carriers south and sent them plunging through mounting seas towerd Pearl Harbor.