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By Jim Barber Publisher
February 1995
The image is indelible—U.S. servicemen raising the flag atop Mount Suribachi. In this issue, Joe Rosenthal recalls how he happened to snap the photo that won him a Pulitzer Prize ...

Marines To Harpers Ferry!

By Major Kenneth F. McKenzie, U.S. Marine Corps
February 1995
John Brown and his militant abolitionists threatened to seize a U.S. arsenal, until Marines commanded by Army Colonel Robert E. Lee intervened.

Taking A-Bombs to Sea

By Rear Admiral James D. Ramage, U.S. Navy (Retired)
February 1995
The Navy’s need to enter the A-bomb business—or else possibly lose the carriers—ultimately shaped Jig Dog Ramage's career.

Faces of War

By George S. Eisenberg
February 1995
The art and words drawn from a destroyer sailor’s wartime journals give fresh perspective to life at sea in World War II.

Looking Back

By Paul Stillwell
February 1995
Ships’ deck logs probably go back at least as far as the biblical Noah. It doesn’t take too much imagination to figure out what a typical log entry looked like ...

In Contact...

February 1995
“Every Man a Tiger” (See D. Andrade, pp. 16-21, November- December 1994 Naval History) Admiral I. J. Galantin, U.S. Navy (Retired) Because of my 1945 duty as the Pacific Fleet’s ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Dr. Robert L. Scheina, Dr. Robert C. Jones, Commander Richard Compton-Hall, Royal Navy (Retired) & Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)
February 1995
Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won World War II Jerry E. Strahan. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1994. 382 pp. Bib. Ind. Notes. Photos. $29.95 ($26.95) ...

Naval History News

Edited By Bert Hubinger
February 1995
We Remember Iwo Jima The Combat Veterans of Iwo Jima will unite in Washington, D.C., on 17, 18, and 19 February 1995 for the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Battle ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Ty Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
February 1995
We have many ways of saying “Hurry up,” including “Get the lead out,” “Step on it,” and “Move it.” Another—’’Shake a leg”—has nautical origins. In the bygone world of wooden ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
February 1995
Despite the best planning for wartime contingencies, naval ships of the modern era rarely have been properly equipped as completed to deal with actual wartime conditions. The U.S. Navy destroyer ...