"Shadow to Dagger"

By Lieutenant George O. Walbridge, U. S. Naval Reserve
January 1947
Sunrise, a clean, orange, fine-weather sunrise, bringing relief from the eye- strain tension of the long night watch found our PT just south of Finchafen, returning from a patrol of ...

Meeting the New Navy

By Charles L. Funnell
January 1947
From December, 1917 to April, 1919, it was my privilege to serve with the Naval Reserve in aviation. It was the sort of experience that imprints details indelibly on the ...

"Hydro" Charts A War

By Rear Admiral R. O. Glover, U. S. Navy
January 1947
As late as 1943 charts of the Solomon Islands area carried the notation: Recent observations indicate that existing charts of Bougainville and Buka are considerably in error in regard to ...

An Ancient Amphibious Assault

By Commander Edgar K. Thompson, U. S. Navy
January 1947
Amphibious operations, so highly developed during the past war, are not new to naval and military warfare. History furnishes us with many instances of successful landings from the sea on ...

Seabee Supply Was Big Business

By Lieutenant Commander Joseph L. Howard (S.C.), U. S. Navy
January 1947
Suppose you had half a dozen apples, someone gave you three oranges, and you subtracted five sacks of flour. How many automobile tires would you have left? Impossible? Our elementary ...

Navy Public Information

By Lieutenant (jg) P. W. Rairden, Jr., U. S. Navy
January 1947
The Secretary of the Navy has prescribed and set forth a new and enlightened Public Information Policy for the post-war Navy, The Chief of Naval Personnel has been instructed to ...

A New Approach to Collision Prevention

By Commander D. N. Lott, U. S. Naval Reserve
January 1947
From 1942 to 1945, inclusive, in excess of one hundred combatant vessels of the United States Fleet were damaged or sunk due to collision. For the same period, War Shipping ...

The Two Fathom Fleet

By Commander Blair A. Walliser, U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
January 1947
In the Other War there was “No-man’s- land,” and in This War there was “No- man’s-water.” This was the perilous stretch between the transport area and the beach which could ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

January 1947
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Book Reviews

January 1947
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Notes on International Affairs

January 1947
WORK OF UNITED NATIONS Assembly’s Slow Progress. —After more than a month in session at New York the United Nations Assembly saw the need of speeding up if even its ...

Professional Notes

January 1947
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