Early Naval Use of Rocket Weapons

By Commodore Dudley W. Knox, U. S. Navy (Retired)
February 1946
It is an odd circumstance that twice within little more than a century rockets should have “rocketed” into fame as a secret weapon in the midst of a great world ...

The Story of Training Courses

By Edward Pinkowski
February 1946
One feature of the Navy’s war in both Europe-Africa and the Pacific which hasn’t been publicized to any great extent is the extensive use of training course manuals among its ...

Rendezvous at Sunrise

By James H. S. Billmyer
February 1946
A problem that occasionally arises in air navigation is the determination of the position and time of sunrise while traveling on a steady course. This position is often necessary for ...

War Problems A Specialty

By John Brook Penfold
February 1946
One of the strangest types of war work now in progress is being carried on by a section of the Department of State known as the Special War Problems Division ...

Too Little, Too Late

By Lieutenant Commander J. Burke Wilkinson, U. S. Naval Reserve
February 1946
During the last weeks of the collapse of Germany, advanced parties of Allied Army and Navy officers were astonished at the scores upon scores of midget submarines in the German ...

The Story of the Self-Sealing Tank

By Captain Edward H. Eckelmeyer, Jr., U. S. Navy
February 1946
About a year ago there appeared in a magazine a short article on the self- L sealing of airplane fuel tanks which stated that such tanks had been developed in ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

February 1946
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Book Reviews

February 1946
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Notes on International Affairs

February 1946
MOVES FOR WORLD ORDER Moscow Conference Results.—The conference at Moscow of American, British, and Soviet Foreign Ministers, extending from December 16 to 26, resulted to a considerable degree in a ...

Professional Notes

February 1946
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