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                  This web-page is intended as a companion to the book;

 "The Naval Career of Walter Edward Carlton, Spanning 35 Years and 2 World Wars"

              ~~ Because showing videos in a book just isn’t possible ~~

Page and chapter references from the book are found with in the video descriptions. Enjoy!

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Title: Battleships 1914-1918 (Silent)

Reference: The Naval Career of Walter Edward Carlton, page 13 Grandad was on the USS Tennessee, ACR-10. I’m not sure if his ship is one of the ones seen in this clip but it would look very much like the ships you do see here.

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Title: A convoy of United States ships underway in the Atlantic Ocean. (Silent)

Reference: The Naval Career of Walter Edward Carlton, page 39 Grandad flew the same planes (Curtiss HS-2L’s) on the same type of mission, protecting ships from submarine attack as they departed for Europe.

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Title: Shooting the M1917 Lewis Gun. (Ambient sounds)

Reference: The Naval Career of Walter Edward Carlton, page 47 This is the type of gun that Grandad is pictured firing on that page.

The Lewis gun could fire up to 600 rounds per minute and held up to 97 .30-06 rounds. Its weight of 28 lbs made it very portable. It was used by US military in both WW1 & WW2.

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Title: Starting up the old Liberty 12a V-12 engine at Old Rhinebeck (Ambient sounds)

Reference: The Naval Career of Walter Edward Carlton, page 55 This is the engine that powered the HS-2L’s that Grandad flew.

The Liberty engine was a 1,649 cubic inch, water-cooled, V-12 aircraft engine capable of 400 horsepower. There should be a radiator behind the propeller.