George Dewey: Virtues of an “Ordinary” Naval Officer (Naval History Blog)

An interesting history-related post from Naval History Blog:

Commodore George Dewey won an overwhelming victory at the Battle of Manila Bay against the Spanish squadron of Rear Admiral Patrico Montojo y Pasaron on 1 May 1898 at the onset of the Spanish-American War and went from obscurity to become the most widely recognized name in America. Although it is popular to view naval [...]

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