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By Jim Barber Publisher
June 1994
The Allied invasion of France 50 years ago was one of the most pivotal events of World War II. In honor of this anniversary, we present a mix of historical ...
Hellcat Fighter aircraft is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown during the Battle of the Philippines Sea.

One Big Turkey Shoot

By Captain J. S. "Jimmy" Thach and Chief Warrant Officer Cecil King, U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 1994
Two naval aviators who were there on 19–20 June 1944 say “our fighters really had a field day” in the Marianas.

Watercolors and Warships

By Commander Laurence S. Newman, Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
June 1994
Ian Marshall combines an architect’s eye, a historian’s interest in facts, and an artist’s passion to recreate the age of iron and steam.

Looking Back

By Paul Stillwell
June 1994
Half a century after World War II, Vice Admiral Willis A. “Ching” Lee is best known for one surface battle he fought and two he did not. The battle he ...

In Contact…

June 1994
“Among the Best” (See E. N. Bouffard, pp. 27-30, January-February 1994; J. R. Pavia, p. 3, March-April 1994 Naval History) Gerald J. Gallagher In response to the query about ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Dwight R. Messimer, Lieutenant Colonel Merrill L. Bartlett, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), & Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 1994
Sailor of the Air: The 1917-1919 Letters and Diary of CMM/A Irving Edward Sheely Lawrence D. Sheely (ed.), Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 1993. 221 pp. Append. Bib. Ind ...

Naval History News

Edited By Bert Hubinger
June 1994
If It Walks Like a DUKW... On 6 June 1944, more than 2,000 sea- and land-mobile DUKW vehicles moved thousands of soldiers and tons of ammunition and supplies onto the ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Ty Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 1994
Sailors of yore, in “the good old days” before refrigeration went to sea, had to rely largely on foodstuffs that could be either dried or salted. A caring skipper would ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker, III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
June 1994
The first of the modern U.S. Navy’s new Osprey-class coastal minehunters was originally to have been number MHC-1. However, there had already been an MHC-1 through 50, and a ...