Publisher’s Page

By Jim Barber
April 1989
One of the challenges in putting together a magazine is that of coming up with a mix of editorial material to satisfy a wide spectrum of readers. The broad topic ...

The Final Days

By Nobuyuki Taniguchi as told to Ralph T. Briggs
April 1989
I was a 24-year-old chief flight petty officer stationed at Surabaya, and was detailed to the admiral’s crew.

In Contact

April 1989
“The Pueblo Incident” (See E. B. Hooper, J. J. Hyland, K. L. Lee, J. V. Smith, and G. P. Steele, pp. 53-59, Fall 1988 Naval History “Commander Bucher Responds” ( ...

The Garcias and Brookes'. One Last Look

By Commander Bruce R. Linder, U. S. Navy
April 1989
Having led the U. S. Navy’s surface forces into the current era of antisubmarine warfare, some retiring Garcias and Brookes now are being leased to Third World navies.

Oral History—Launching the SPARs

By Dorothy C. Stratton
April 1989
My first dealings with the military were with the Army. As dean of women at Purdue University at the outbreak of World War II, I was asked to recommend candidates ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Captain John Coote, Royal Navy (Retired), John B. Hattendorf, Captain Kenneth J. Hagan, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired), & Robert L. Scheina
April 1989
Horatio Nelson Tom Pocock. New York: Knopf, 1988. 367 pp. Illus. Maps. Notes. Bib. Ind. $22.95 ($20.65). Reviewed by Captain John Coote, Royal Navy (Retired) One cannot help but wonder ...

In Progress

April 1989
U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE Proceedings/Naval Review: In this month’s Naval Review, the voice of one of the Naval Institute’s most distinguished authors rings out from the past, and the fundamental ...

In Profile—Frank O. Braynard

By Carolyn Battista
April 1989
Frank Braynard has long loved ships. At age seven, he sketched his favorite ocean liner, the Leviathan, and spelled her name correctly even though he could not spell his ...

USS Paducah: Illegal Immigrant Ship

By Paul H. Silverstone
April 1989
On 1 October 1947 a strange, chunky-looking vessel with a built-up superstructure approached the Palestine coast. In the distance loomed the heights of Mount Carmel. On board the ship 1,385 ...