Operation Frostbite–A Strategic Success

By Lieutenant E.B. Salsig, U.S. Navy
September 1946
Lieutenant Aikens, the Army aerologist, grimly regarded the thermometer which hung from the eaves just outside his window. The red mercury registered a brittle 40° below. His eyes shifted to ...

The Battleship Paid Dividends

By Lieutenant William H. Hessler, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
We were standing on the flag bridge of the aircraft carrier Lexington, facing across the flight deck below us, and looking out over the blue water of the Pacific ...

The Three Deuces

By Lieutenant (j.g.) James L. McGuinness, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
This is the story of an ugly duckling, and unlike most stories that start in this vein, this particular duckling does not become handsome and stalwart in the end. If ...

A Reservist Regrets

By Commander Mason Harlow, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
The United States Navy, for the first time since the dark days of 1942, is about to lose an important engagement, and the American people will be the victors. The ...

Hypnotized By A Red Light

By Vice Admiral J. K. Taussig, U. S. Navy
September 1946
Breakers under the bow!” This was the shout which suddenly met the ears of the captain and other officers on the bridge of the U.S.S. Celtic on a dark night ...

The United Initiative: A Triumph of Maritime Power

By Peter Marsh Stanford, RM 3/c, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
Historical thought still rolls and pitches in the confused and turbulent wake of the world crisis just weathered; yet America’s security as a democracy demands that it gain some common ...

Officer Policy in the Post-War Navy

By Lieutenant Maynard Kniskern, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
If the United States had not won its latest war through leadership, fighting skill, technical resources, and industrial ingenuity, it might have won eventually through industrial ingenuity alone, expressed in ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

September 1946
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Book Reviews

September 1946
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Notes on International Affairs

September 1946
MOVES TOWARD PEACE SETTLEMENT Paris Conference.—The Paris conference of 21 allied and associated powers opened at Paris on July 29, with the primary purpose of submitting to the smaller ...

Professional Notes

September 1946
To August 7, 1946United States................................................................................................................................... 1238Report of the President’s Evaluation Commission on First Bikini Test—Vice Admiral Blandy’s Initial Report on Second Atomic Bomb—Seabees Start Work for Third Bomb—Operation ...

Damn That Talker

By Lieutenant Commander George W. Dyson, U. S. Naval Reserve and Lieutenant Commander John C. Snidecor, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1946
The Captain turned to his talker and murmured, “Walk out the anchor to the water’s edge and let us know.” A moment later, he let out an agonized roar as ...

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