Post-War Naval Policy

By Captain Isaiah Olch, U. S. Navy
November 1944
War carries along in its wake destitution, privation, destruction, and disorganization. None of these attributes can be considered as conducive to the furtherance of an everlasting peace. They are horrible ...

Pacific Motor Lines, Inc.

By Lieutenant (j.g.) S. F. Stowe, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1944
In the hands of the Navy’s Seabees, automobiles and trucks have become advance base weapons whose importance vies with that of bulldozers and Long Toms. Although this automotive equipment is ...

Pacific Life Line

By Captain L. A. Abercrombie, U. S. Navy, and Fletcher Pratt
November 1944
With promotion I found myself no longer skipper of the old Blue Beetle. I was now “commodore” of a whole destroyer division, my new flagship being a destroyer of the ...

Star Identification By Sextant Angles

By Commander C. W. Van Horn, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1944
While on a recent voyage as Convoy Commodore, the ship to which I had been assigned was forced to leave the convoy on account of condenser trouble. I, of necessity ...

Tales Of North Atlantic Gales

By Commander F. M. Curran, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1944
Days without sun. Days of short duration—sunrise at ten—dusk at three. Days of howling winds. Days of mountainous seas. Days of roaring blizzards. Days at sea plowing here and there ...

For The Defense

By Lieutenant Commander L. M. Mintzer, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1944
On November 12, 1939, H.M.S. Royal Oak was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine inside the Scapa Flow defenses. The sinking at the British Navy’s primary base justified British ...

Quiet Amazon

By Lieutenant Commander A. D. Condon, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1944
One evening a few weeks ago, in the humid dusk of an equatorial evening in Belém, Para, Brazil, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt stood on the stage of a recreation hall ...

Sanitation Hoomalimali

By Captain Lucius W. Johnson (M.G.), U. S. Navy
November 1944
“My men are brave men. They are not afraid of tin cans. They are fighting Japs, not mosquitoes.” “Don’t bother me with talk about chasing mosquitoes. There’s nothing can be ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

November 1944
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Book Reviews

November 1944
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Notes on International Affairs

November 1944
FROM SEPTEMBER 20 TO OCTOBER 20 WORLD SECURITY PLAN Ninety Per Cent Agreement.—The six-week security talks of United States, British, and Russian delegates ended on September 29 with what ...

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