Foreword for Midway

By Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, U.S. Navy (Retired)
June 1955
Editor's Note: It is believed that readers of the Proceedings will find of unusual interest these comments on the Battle of Midway by the American officer who, more than any ...
Japanese aircraft carrier Hiryu burning on 5 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway.

Five Fateful Minutes at Midway

By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya
June 1955
This article is an excerpt from the book, Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan—The Japanese Navy’s Story, published this month by the U.S. Naval Institute.

Soviet Bid For The Sea

By Rear Admiral E. M. Eller, U. S. Navy (Retired)
June 1955
Why do Soviet shipyards work day and night building warships? Is it a sudden decision? Is it simply fulfilling the “demands” of the Russian people that Stalin stated on the ...

Свердлов [Sverdlov]

June 1955
Photographs of Russian naval activities are practically unobtainable. Two years ago, however, a British news photographer, Joseph McKeown, was granted permission to fly to the Soviet naval base of Kalinigrad ...

The German Side Of The Channel Dash

By Captain H. J. Reinicke, former German Navy
June 1955
“Report January 1 10 A.M. at Navy Group Command West. Admiral IV arriving Paris 31st late.—Group Command.” It was on December 30th 1941, just past 8 P.M., when this dispatch ...

The Legal Officer: Collateral Duty Lawyer

By Lieutenant (JG) P. W. Mandel, U. S. Naval Reserve
June 1955
Chances are that some time during the next few years a large and disquieting red book will appear on your desk to squat permanently alongside Dutton or the OrdAlts or ...

Operation World Peace

By Eugene E. Wilson
June 1955
In a notable article entitled “Peripheral Strategy—Mahan’s Doctrine Today,” in the November, 1953, issue of the United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Captain John D. Hayes, U. S. Navy, states that ...

Fisher's Folly—The Fabulous Furious

By Midshipman Douglas Stuart Jordan
June 1955
When Lady Patricia Ramsey was shown over the British aircraft carrier Furious, which her husband commanded at the time, she jokingly exclaimed: “What a monstrosity! My husband is in charge ...

A Commodore's Namesake

By Rear Admiral G. van Duers, U. S. Navy (Retired)
June 1955
In 1778, near the close of the American Revolution, red-haired Charles Stewart was born of Irish parents in the city of Philadelphia. He went to sea in the Far East ...

Let's Wave The Flag

By Major Patrick Laughlin, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
June 1955
Are we making the right approach to the important business of recruiting men for the Navy, or are we relying too much on re-enlistment bonuses, pay increases, job security, fringe ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

June 1955
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Book Reviews

June 1955
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Professional Notes

June 1955
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The Navy Gets Its First Reserve

By Commander Neville T. Kirk, U.S. Naval Reserve
June 1955
In the decades of general peace which followed 1815 only the French made a serious effort to provide a personnel reserve against the possibility of wartime naval expansion. The Inscription ...

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