Danger Clouds Over the Dardanelles

By John Brook Penfold
April 1947
No one would ever dream of holding a warm African breeze responsible for the next Dardanelles Straits Convention. Nevertheless, here is the background on a trouble spot which, while it ...

"Organized Confusion"

By Captain D. Harry Hammer, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1947
Orote peninsula protrudes some three miles to the westward from the main body of the island of Guam, and forms the south side of Apra harbor. On this point of ...

Life in a Midget Submarine

By G. V. Galwey
April 1947
I never had the luck to lake part in a warlike operation in an X-craft (as midget submarines were officially called), so I am not qualified to write about the ...

Okinawa Postman

By Lieutenant (j.g.) James F. Bradley, Jr., U. S. Navy
April 1947
The sweating Marine pushed back his helmet, whipped a stained handkerchief from his tattered overalls and wiped the sweat and grime from his eyes. Then he impatiently tore into the ...

The Royal Canadian Naval College

By Lieutenant Commander Elmer J. Mahoney, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1947
October 21 is a significant date in British naval history for on that day in the year 1805 Nelson defeated the combined fleets of France and Spain off Cape Trafalgar ...

Sonar, Secret Weapon of the Sea

By John M. Ide
April 1947
Submarine warfare is no exception to the historically proven rule that measure and countermeasure succeed each other in swift succession, with each new weapon more terrible than the last, and ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

April 1947
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Book Reviews

April 1947
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Notes on International Affairs

April 1947
UNITED NATIONS AND PEACE TREATIES Tackling the Arms Issue.—Chief development of the month in the U. N. Security Council was the adoption on Feb 13 of a resolution providing ...

Professional Notes

April 1947
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