Rejuvenation at Pearl Harbor

By Captain Homer N. Wallin, U. S. Navy
December 1946
Disaster to General MacArthur's land and air forces in Leyte would certainly have come if the Japanese Fleet had not been decisively defeated by American naval forces in the Battle ...

A Unique Experience as Navigator

By Vice Admiral J. K. Taussig, U. S. Navy, Retired
December 1946
Forty years ago, after completing three comparatively short cruises as navi­gator on the monitor Amphritrite, the storeship Celtic, and the gunboat Topeka, and still being a young lieutenant, I decided ...

This Fateful Interlude

By Captain Frederick J. Nelson, U. S. Navy
December 1946
Never before in the history of this country has there been a more confused state of national thinking in regard to adequate methods of national defense. With the victorious end ...

Victory and the B-29’s

By William D. Lanier, Jr.
December 1946
The Secretary of War’s civilian commission for inquiry into “the effects of all types of air attack in the war against Japan” has recently submitted its report. To an unbiased ...

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

By Commander Walter Karig, U. S. Naval Reserve, and Commander Eric Purdon, U. S. Naval Reserve
December 1946
Bougainville Island, last Japanese stronghold in the Solomons, was invaded by Allied troops early in the morning of November 1, 1943. For three months Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Halsey had ...

Reflections upon Retirement

By Captain P. J. Searles, C.E.C., U. S. Navy, Retired
December 1946
Since hundreds of officers will be placed on the retired list during the next year, a few reflections upon the subject may not come amiss from one who was retired ...

We Had the British Where We Needed Them

By Captain C. Julian Wheeler, U. S. Navy
December 1946
During recent months a great deal has been said and written about the British Fleet in the Pacific. Most of it is erroneous. As the first American and Senior U ...

Determining Drift by Timing and Bearing

By Paul M. Hummel
December 1946
To the air navigator, an accurate knowledge of wind is essential. Consequently, methods of determining the wind while in the air are of utmost importance. A drift meter is sufficient ...

Book Reviews

December 1946
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Notes on International Affairs

December 1946
ORGANIZING THE PEACE Assembly Session at New York.—The first session of the United Nations Assembly —actually a second part of the first session which began with a preliminary meeting ...

Professional Notes

December 1946
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