Japanese Naval Air Operations in the Philippines Invasion

By Brigadier General Koichi Shimada, Japan Air Defense Force; Assisted by Clarke H. Kawakami and Roger Pineau
January 1955
In the fall of 1941 the Japanese Army and Navy High Commands were urgently formulating plans for war against the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands in the event ...

The Career Man

By Chief Journalist Jack T. Le Barron, U. S. Navy
January 1955
Honorable Mention, Enlisted Prize Essay Contest 1954

Sweden's Armed Neutrality

By William H. Hessler
January 1955
Wedged between the Soviet and western blocs and standing apart from both as an armed neutral, Sweden has a unique position in today’s world. Its defense strategy and military establishment ...

Pentagon Reorganization: Phase Three

By John R. Probert
January 1955
When Reorganization Plan 6 for the Department of Defense was presented last year, it was received with diametrically opposed opinion by men eminently qualified to speak, particularly concerning the controversial ...
Port Arthur

A Footnote to the History of China

By Nelson T. Johnson
January 1955
A knowledge of history is very important to an understanding of international situations and events. The seeds of tomorrow’s events will be sown in the actions taken today. Here is ...

What Clearance Eligibility Do You Have?

By Rear Admiral Elton W. Grenfell, U. S. Navy
January 1955
During the last few years a new problem has presented itself to the Navy. This is the problem of the security clearance of naval personnel. Five years ago the Navy ...

The Economics of Cargo Ship Design

By Colonel Lane C. Kendall, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
January 1955
To look at the crowded waters of a major harbor today is to have spread before one’s eyes a panorama of the commerce epitomized in sea-carriage. For sea-carriage implies that ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

January 1955
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Book Reviews

January 1955
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Professional Notes

January 1955
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Foote at the Barrier Forts

By Commander Neville T. Kirk, U.S. Naval Reserve
January 1955
The story of the Navy’s first active operations in Far Eastern waters nearly a century ago holds especial interest for the generation which has moved the defense line of the ...

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