Live Video Series with Karl Zingheim
Meet Karl Zingheim, the Ship Historian of the USS Midway Museum. A San Diego native, Karl graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1986. Following his naval service, he helped establish the Exhibits Department for the USS Midway Museum and now serves as the staff historian. As an early advocate for Midway’s establishment, Karl has been with the Museum for over twenty years – and as a specialist in naval history, has appeared on the History Channel, television series “Dogfights!” and many more documentaries.
Get ready to hear the stories of naval aviation and history first-hand from this bonafide history expert in our new livestream web series entitled, Destination: Midway with Historian, Karl!
Karl Zingheim
Next Episode: Women in the Military, Trailblazing & Triumphs
Join us for the next livestream on Mar. 25 at 12:30 pm PST.
Ship Historian, Karl Zingheim is back at it on March 25 at 12:30 pm PST, with a special episode in honor of Women’s History month. Join us as four amazing women discuss their achievements in the military, the importance of having a gender-integrated service, and why women have been, are, and will continue to be critical to the Navy’s success. Karl will host a dynamic panel discussion featuring Capt. Veronica Armstrong-Evans, USN (Ret.), Capt. Jo Dee Jacob, USN (Ret.), CMC (Command Master Chief) Valissa Tisdale, USN, and Cmdr. Karen Brasch, USN (Ret.) who will highlight their military careers and contributions to the Navy.
Tune in to relive the history and engage with Karl & our speakers during the livestream!
EPISODE 1 - Victory in the Pacific
EPISODE 2 - How Midway Was Built
EPISODE 3 - Veterans Day Special
EPISODE 4 - Remembering Desert Storm
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Karl's Korner Latest Blog Posts
Read monthly historical blogs by Midway’s Ship Historian, Karl Zingheim.
- Midway Leads the Fight During Operation Desert Storm
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Navy Flight 19
- Summer of 1945: The Dawn of an Era
- The Odyssey of the Navy’s Enlisted Medical Titles
- “Hannah”—the Other Carrier in the Fall of Saigon
- American Women in World War II
- The Midway’s Skeleton Crew – Revisited
- The USS Mason: Another Step in Wartime Desegregation
- 1945: The Crucial Year
- Welcoming the TBD Devastator
- The Beginning: 15 Years of Midway
- A Wing and a Half and a Prayer
- The World’s Largest Carrier Battle
- National Donut Day: Origins
- The Anniversary of Operation Frequent Wind
- Vern Jumper Remembers Operation Frequent Wind
- Douglas SBD Dauntless
- Admiral Lawrence Chambers: The Pathfinder
- Gone With the Waves: Midway’s Aircraft Elevator
- Midway’s S-3 Viking
- Midway’s Operation Fiery Vigil
- Midway’s Angled Deck
- USS Midway’s New Year’s Rhymes
- Line-Crossing Traditions
- Spirits of the Midway
- Jobs Aboard Midway
- Visual Signaling at Sea
- The Korean War — Carrier Aviation’s Bittersweet Conflict
- The Best Naval Aviation Library Afloat
- “Rosie” and the First Carrier Midway
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