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Preble Hall

Preble Hall

By: U.S. Naval Academy Museum Dr. Stephen Phillips
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 A naval history podcast from Preble Hall - the United States Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Preble Hall will interview historians, practitioners, military personnel, and other experts on a variety of naval history topics from ancient history to recent history.© 2025 U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Dr. Stephen Phillips World
Episodes
  • David Gendell - Battles at Annapolis

    David Gendell - Battles at Annapolis
    Sep 1 2025

    David Gendell discusses his book, Battles at Annapolis: Two Remarkable Football Games in the Army-Navy Rivalry, with Preble Hall host, Stephen Phillips. The book covered the only two Army-Navy games played on the Naval Academy grounds. The first in 1893 was held on Worden Field, the second in 1942 at Thompson Field (Now Lejuene Hall), during World War II.
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    53 mins
  • Craig Symonds - Annapolis Goes to War

    Craig Symonds - Annapolis Goes to War
    Aug 25 2025

    Craig Symonds, Professor Emeritus of History at the U.S. Naval Academy, discusses his latest book, Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and its Trial by Fire in World War II.
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    49 mins
  • Mike Fink: Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 - Flying High With Harris' Hellcats

    Mike Fink: Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 - Flying High With Harris' Hellcats
    Jul 28 2025

    In this, our 250th episode of Preble Hall, the United States Naval Academy Museum's own Education Specialist Sondra Duplantis interviews Mike Fink, author of Intrepid's Fighting Squadron 18 Flying High With Harris' Hellcats. Join us for an exciting journey as Fink takes us into the ready rooms, cockpits and battle spaces of the "Two-a-Day 18" and the USS Intrepid. This experience navigates the incredible human experiences and unsurmounted heroism of Harris' Hellcats.
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    1 hr and 1 min
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