Sea Power and Peace

By Commodore Ernest M. Eller, U. S. Navy
October 1947
"Posterity!” said John Adams in the period of world tumult preceding our own, “you will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope ...

The Port Director - First Assistant to Forces Afloat

By Captain Frederick J. Nelson, U. S. Navy
October 1947
The ultimate test of a peacetime naval organization in our democracy is the rapidity of its expansion into an effective offensive service whenever the international atmosphere appears threatening. Much of ...

The Battleship as an Auxiliary Supply Ship

By Captain J. W. Stryker, U. S. Navy
October 1947
During the recent war the battleship played many parts. Besides acting as the heavy protector of fast carrier groups, protecting against both air and surface attacks, it was the heavy ...

A Real Solution for the Paperwork Quandary

By Commander C. S. Arthur, U. S. Navy
October 1947
As of the first of December, 1941, approximately 200 different kinds of reports were being demanded from the destroyers of the Asiatic Fleet. Two months later these ships did little ...

The Fleet Service Unit Concept

By Commander M. A. Peel, Jr. (S.C.), U. S. Navy
October 1947
The war in the Pacific saw the introduction of numerous innovations in the field of Supply and Logistics as well as other phases of naval warfare. One of these was ...

Naval Postmarks - Souvenirs and Goodwill

By Lieutenant Commander H. F. Rommel, U. S. Navy
October 1947
When Navy Day 1945 visitors to the U.S.S. Missouri tried to carry off the memorial surrender plaque, I am sure the officers and men were a bit disappointed, though probably ...

Light for America's Blindspot

By Second Lieutenant Thomas L. Gatch, Jr., Field Artillery, U. S. Army
October 1947
There are certain things in life we can never learn to enjoy. For me, climbing on a crowded bus is certainly one. Grimly you match the vicious determination, elbowing, and ...
Baker Day atomic bomb

The Navy and the Atomic Bomb

By Walmer Elton Strope
October 1947
The first of July dawned bright and clear. As thousands watched, the morning air over the lagoon of remote Bikini Atoll was made even brighter by the flash of the ...

"Relaxin' In The Jackson"

By Lieutenant Commander William Winter, U. S. Naval Reserve (Inactive)
October 1947
On a December morning in 1944, the boats of the attack transport U.S.S. President Jackson, along with the landing craft of other ships of Transport Division 32, lay at ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

October 1947
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Book Reviews

October 1947
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Notes on International Affairs

October 1947
UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA Hemisphere Defense Pact.—The closing session of the International American Defense Conference was held on Sept. 2, and the Treaty of Rio de Janeiro was ...

Professional Notes

October 1947
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