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“Tales of the South Pacific” – Conclusion* > 1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 30
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“Tales of the South Pacific” – Conclusion* > 1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 30

Year of the Carrier

“Tales of the South Pacific” – Conclusion* > 1942- The Year of the Aircraft Carrier; Part 30

Blown Slick Series #13 Part 30 Life is rooted in narrative, humans construct their lives and shape their world in terms of these memories. Storytelling taps into existing knowledge and creates bridges as a means for sharing and interpreting experiences. Facts can be understood as smaller versions of a larger story, and thus storytelling can supplement analytical thinking and demonstrate the potential of human accomplishment. This is the concluding post for a two year effort focused on carrier aviation in 1942. The final piece borrows the title of James A. Michener’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1947 book Tales of the South [...]