John Sherwood

1966

He specializes in military history, but has also published articles on travel, and skiing. His first book, Officers in Flights Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War (1996), examines the personal wartime experiences of United States. Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War. His second history,: Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience(1999), focuses on United States. Air Force, United States. Navy, and United States. Marine Corps fighter pilots who fought in the Vietnam War. Like Officers in Flights Suits, it is a social history that focuses on individual combat experiences and the institutional cultures of the fighter pilots who fought in America"s longest war. : Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War (2004) is the first book published by Sherwood as an official historian at the United States. Naval Historical Center. As a consequence, he collects no royalties for the project The book combines traditional operational history with social history to tell the story of United States. Navy air power during the latter stages of the Vietnam War, 1968-1972. As such, it covers the American bombing campaign in Laos, Operation Linebacker, and Operation Pocket Money (the United States Navy"s 1972 aerial mining operations against North Vietnam). lieutenant also provides in-depth portraits of 21 naval aviators who fought in Vietnam. Sherwood"s latest book,: Racial Unrest in the United States Navy During the Vietnam War Era (2007), examines racial unrest in the Navy during the early 1970s. In particular, it tells the story of the race riots that occurred on the United States Ship Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and the United States Ship Hassayampa (Association for the Study of Internal Fixation-145), as well as a sit-down strike and protest on United States Ship Constellation (CV-64). The book also explores a variety of other, less well-known riots, and the Navy"s efforts, under Admiral Elmo Zumwalt to improve the racial climate in the United States. Navy. His next book, Brownwater Sailors: Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968, will look at the brownwater navy in the Vietnam War—the sailors who fought on the rivers and coastal areas of South Vietnam. In addition to his professional work, Sherwood is a columnist for DCSki.com, a web site devoted to skiing in the Mid-Atlantic States, and has written ski and travel related articles for a variety of publications, including The Financial Times, The Slovak Spectator, and The Ski-Europe Report.

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Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War by John Darrell Sherwood (1996-09-01)

Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era

( It is hard to determine what dominated more newspaper h...)

Fast Movers: Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience

(A history of the air war in Vietnam focuses on the experi...)

Officers in Flight Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War

( The United States Air Force fought as a truly independe...)

Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era by John Darrell Sherwood (2007-11-01)

John Sherwood

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Education

The United States. Naval Institute chose it as a notable book of 1999.

Career

He specializes in military history, but has also published articles on travel, and skiing. His first book, Officers in Flights Suits: The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War (1996), examines the personal wartime experiences of United States. Air Force fighter pilots in the Korean War. His second history,: Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience(1999), focuses on United States. Air Force, United States. Navy, and United States. Marine Corps fighter pilots who fought in the Vietnam War.

Like Officers in Flights Suits, it is a social history that focuses on individual combat experiences and the institutional cultures of the fighter pilots who fought in America"s longest war.

: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War (2004) is the first book published by Sherwood as an official historian at the United States. Naval Historical Center. As a consequence, he collects no royalties for the project

The book combines traditional operational history with social history to tell the story of United States. Navy air power during the latter stages of the Vietnam War, 1968-1972. As such, it covers the American bombing campaign in Laos, Operation Linebacker, and Operation Pocket Money (the United States Navy"s 1972 aerial mining operations against North Vietnam).

lieutenant also provides in-depth portraits of 21 naval aviators who fought in Vietnam.

Sherwood"s latest book,: Racial Unrest in the United States Navy During the Vietnam War Era (2007), examines racial unrest in the Navy during the early 1970s. In particular, it tells the story of the race riots that occurred on the United States Ship Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and the United States Ship Hassayampa (Association for the Study of Internal Fixation-145), as well as a sit-down strike and protest on United States Ship Constellation (CV-64). The book also explores a variety of other, less well-known riots, and the Navy"s efforts, under Admiral Elmo Zumwalt to improve the racial climate in the United States. Navy.

His next book, Brownwater Sailors: Navy Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam, 1965-1968, will look at the brownwater navy in the Vietnam War—the sailors who fought on the rivers and coastal areas of South Vietnam.

In addition to his professional work, Sherwood is a columnist for DCSki.com, a web site devoted to skiing in the Mid-Atlantic States, and has written ski and travel related articles for a variety of publications, including The Financial Times, The Slovak Spectator, and The Ski-Europe Report.

Achievements

In 1996, it was selected to be on the Air Force Chief of Staff"s professional reading list. The book received honorable mention for the North American Society for Oceanic History"s John Lyman Book Award in 2004.