The Carrier Task Force in World War II

By Lieutenant William H. Hessler, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1945
The Fast Carrier Task Force has appeared so often in news dispatches, has become so much a commonplace in this war of unnumbered innovations, that its uniqueness tends to escape ...

The Road Ahead

By Captain K. C. McIntosh (S.C.), U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1945
GENERAL ESTIMATE Much has been done. Much more remains to be done before bells, whistles, and cheering crowds announce the end of the war. Then there will remain much, much ...

They Pioneered a Channel to Tokyo

By Commander Harold Bradley Say, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1945
"There is seldom a job without casualties. On the Balikpapan job, no one was killed, however. Most of the injuries are from near misses by heavy shells, some of them ...

Classification Of Naval Vessels

By Captain J. E. Hamilton, U. S. Navy
November 1945
“The President of the United Slates is authorized to establish, and from time to time to modify, as the needs of the service may require, a classification of vessels of ...

Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Scientist

By Lieutenant (j.g.) Orrin E. Klapp, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1945
In the history of our nation, no individual stands out by neglect of mention so much as the great contemporary of Darwin, Lyell, and Humboldt who changed the face of ...

This Is ANSCOL

By Colonel Elmer S. Watson, Inf., and Lieutenant Stanley M. Brown, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1945
It is a bright sunny day in Italy. Colonel Smith is directing his regiment in an attack against German positions high in the mountains, when a dispatch is handed to ...

The Army And Navy Of Kamehameha I

By Charles W. Kenn
November 1945
When Captain James Cook of His Britannic Majesty’s Royal Navy visited Hawaii in 1778-79, Kamehameha was a young chief and his uncle, Kalaniopuu, was the principal chief of the island ...

The Naval Academy as Housekeeper

By Sarah Corbin Robert
November 1945
Housing problems are not new. When the Naval School moved in, one hundred years ago, to occupy Fort Severn, the "site so graciously surrendered by the War Department," Commander Franklin ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

November 1945
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Book Reviews

November 1945
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Notes on International Affairs

November 1945
MOVES TOWARD PEACE SETTLEMENT Failure at London. —Although there were some later signs of renewed efforts toward co-operation, the Conference of Foreign Ministers in London ended on October 3, after ...

Professional Notes

November 1945
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