Iwo Jima, Acme Of Amphibious Assault

By Lieutenant Commander Jeter A. Isely, U S. Naval Reserve
January 1951
Reflecting on the 36 days of unrelenting effort needed to crush the Japanese on Iwo Jima, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, Commander of the Fifth Fleet whose fast carriers had localized ...

The Navy’s Role In International Affairs

By Chief Yeoman John E. McAuley, U. S. Navy
January 1951
One after another, American commercial vessels attempting to enter the Communist-held port of Shanghai in 1949 were being stopped, searched, and even fired upon, by Chinese Nationalist gunboats engaged in ...

What Is This Thing Logistics?

By Captain K. C. McIntosh, (SC) U. S. Navy (Retired)
January 1951
It used to be fairly simple. The Department, or before that, the Admiralty, decided to put the sloop-of-war, frigate, or ship of the line, as the case might be, into ...

Comeback For The Propeller

By Commander Robert A. Winston, U. S. Naval Reserve
January 1951
When the jet plane really came into its own after the end of World War II, a lot of aviation experts arched heir eyebrows and freely predicted: “That means curtains ...

The Rocket Firing Submarine

By Martin E. Holbrook
January 1951
An event took place in October, 1949, which, though largely unheralded and unnoticed, will eventually prove to be of the highest military importance. Briefly, it consisted of the first active ...

The Air War College

By Captain Paul P. Blackburn, Jr., U. S. Navy
January 1951
The Air War College is a relative newcomer to the ranks of service schools for it has been in existence for only five years. Despite its youth, and the growing ...
Gun crews aboard ship stand by at their posts as Japanese bombers provided this sobering welcome for a U.S. warship sailing into port at Guadalcana

Japanese Commentary on Guadalcanal

By Captain Toshikazu Ohmae, Imperial Japanese Navy
January 1951
Analyzing the contributing causes for the failure at Guadalcanal and how the operational concept of the Japanese Navy changed during the campaign.

Discussions, Comments and Notes

January 1951
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Book Reviews

January 1951
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Professional Notes

January 1951
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