Okinawa Operation

By Captain E. E. Paro, U. S. Navy
January 1946
The high councils of war had reached a decision. They were in agreement and a directive was issued for a proposed amphibious operation in the Pacific. There were many assumptions ...

Professional Notes

January 1946
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Notes on International Affairs

January 1946
UNITED NATIONS MOVES Meeting at Moscow. —On December 14 Secretary of State James F. Byrnes arrived in Moscow for conferences with Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Foreign Commissar Molotoff. Included ...

Book Reviews

January 1946
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Discussions, Comments and Notes

January 1946
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Sphero-Metric Navigation for our Air Age

By W. F. Hiltner
January 1946
Sight any two bright stars. Adjust three micrometers on the Navigator-Sphere. Read your latitude and longitude directly, instantly. No plotting. No skillful graphics. No library of intricate tables. No mathematics ...

True and Apparent Wind

By Lieutenant R. A. Eising, U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
January 1946
In the initial stages of most studies of Maneuvering Board methods the significance of relative movement has not been properly accentuated. Various approaches to the meaning of this term, which ...

The Amphibian Tractor, Jack of All Missions

By Lieutenant Colonel Maynard M. Nohrden, U. S. Marine Corps
January 1946
"This operation would have been impossible without the Amphibian Tractors." Here is a statement which has appeared with unerring consistency following nearly every amphibious operation in the Pacific theater of ...

A Healthy Attitude Towards Peace

By Lieutenant Samuel S. Stratton, U. S. Naval Reserve
January 1946
The job of maintaining national preparedness in peacetime, which is of vital concern now that hostilities arc over, is not entirely a matter of deciding upon specific tonnages for our ...

The Birth of the FMF

By Major General John H. Russell, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired)
January 1946
"Sir, the Assistant Commandant would like to see you.” It was in Washington on a beautiful spring morning when a messenger from Marine Corps Headquarters delivered the above message. A ...

USAFI Faces an Impasse

By David H. Greene
January 1946
One of the most publicized projects for servicemen and women is the United States Armed Forces Institute, although most of the people who have read the many articles on soldiers ...

Murmansk Run*

By Commander Walter Karig, U. S. Naval Reserve; Lieutenant Earl Burton, U. S. Naval Reserve; and Lieutenant C. L. Freeland, U. S. Naval Reserve
January 1946
Of all convoy runs, Atlantic or Pacific, there is one that has become wardroom and fo’castle legend wherever men of the sea gather to swap yarns. It has been told ...

Why the Navy Needs a Law Corps

By Colonel James Snedeker, U. S. Marine Corps
January 1946
The ship was in danger, but the crew didn’t know it. They had regular meals. The guns were manned. The watertight doors were closed. The routine of drills was conducted ...

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