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By Jim Barber

September 1988

Time flies on such swift wings that it seems hard to believe that 20 years have passed since the North Koreans captured the U. S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo (AGER-2) ...

Marine Helicopters Against North Vietnam

By Kenneth P. Werrell

September 1988

The Marine Corps expanded its use of helicopters during the Vietnam War into an attack role.

Peril at Fifty Fathoms

By Bill A. Grieves

September 1988

Heroic exploits by the crew of the World War II submarine, Thresher (SS-200)

Opening the Door to Alaska: The Cruises of the Revenue Cutter Thomas Corwin

By Ensign Gwin L. Killey, U.S. Coast Guard

September 1988

Establishing routine arctic patrols in the 1880s unveiled the wonderful mysteries of Alaska.

The Legacy of Crossroads

By C. Sharp Cook

September 1988

Scientists learned by trial and error about the aftereffects of atomic explosions.

Looking for Columbus

By Joanne E. Dumene

September 1988

A geologist leads an expedition to test a new theory on Columbus's first landfall.

The Decks He Walked

By James W. Cheevers

September 1988

Artist William Gilkerson's 20-year quest to capture John Paul Jones's ships.

Behind the Lines: a Naval Officer at West Point

By Commander Thomas B. Buell, U. S. Navy (Retired)

September 1988

An amusing look at life inside the enemy camp.

In Contact

September 1988

“Flank Speed to Eternity” (See W. Jordan, pp. 12-17, Spring 1988; F. B. Turberville and A. A. Schaufelbcrger, pp. 6-8, Summer 1988 Naval History) Rear Admiral B. C. McCaffree, Jr ...

Technical Report—The Bumblebee Can Fly

By Commander Todd Blades, U. S. Navy (Retired)

September 1988

There were two main reasons for the U. S. Navy’s decision to develop a surface-to-air guided missile (SAM) for shipboard mounting. First, during World War II a handful of engineers ...

Oral History—The Pueblo Incident

September 1988

The following excerpts are firsthand accounts by naval officers involved with this incident.

Book Reviews

By Stanley L. Falk, Commander Edward P. Stafford, U. S. Navy (Retired), John Rousmaniere, Commander John D. Alden, U. S. Navy (Retired)

September 1988

Leyte Gulf: A Bibliography of the Greatest Sea Battle By Stanley L. Falk The Battle for Leyte Gulf (23-25 October 1944) was the last great naval battle of World War ...

In Progress

September 1988

U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE Naval History/Proceedings: In November’s traditional Marine Corps issue of Proceedings, Lieutenant Colonel Merrill L. Bartlett takes an entertaining look at “The Road to Eighth and Eye”-—more ...

In Profile—Arthur Beaumont

By Dean Beaumont

September 1988

Arthur Beaumont had a love for painting anything; at first it was horses and cowboys. His love of the sea, though, turned him toward ships, the U. S. Navy, and ...

Mystic Seaport

By Carolyn Battista

September 1988

At Mystic Seaport, visitors can walk the decks of old sailing ships, watch a shipsmith at work, peer at scrimshaw pieces done by sailors at sea, and in season take ...