Air Power Needs Its Mahan

By Colonel George C. Reinhardt, U. S. Army
April 1952
Wars, like the men who fight them, had their origin on land. As mankind took to the sea, he long carried with him the habits of his original environment. For ...

Canton Flower Boat

By Rear Admiral Alan R. McCracken, U. S. Navy (Retired)
April 1952
A canton flower boat is something like one of the old offshore gambling ships of southern California, except that aboard a Flower Boat there is neither official nor unofficial limit ...

The United States Navy in Japan, 1945-1950

By Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate M. D. Ingram, U. S. Navy
April 1952
Never before in history has such an enormous task confronted any navy as faced ours at the cessation of hostilities with Japan. Demilitarization and scrapping of the Japanese war-making potential ...

San Francisco Harbor One Hundred Years Ago

By Captain Frederick L. Oliver, U. S. Navy (Retired)
April 1952
When shown the accompanying photographs and asked to identify the scene, I failed to recognize Telegraph Hill in its natural state, and for the moment was nonplussed. Then inspired by ...

The Navy's Scientific Wonderland

By Lieutenant (JG) Howard Norman Kay, U. S. Navy
April 1952
The stone was inscribed simply “1946.” As the cement hardened, binding it in place, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal turned and addressed the large group of notables gathered in the ...

Light In The Pacific

By Commander C. W. Lindgren (CEC), U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1952
When I was eighteen years old I bought a farm. One day the most influential farmer in the community offered me a ride. He was a good man. As we ...

The Invasion of Norway

By Vice Admiral Kurt Assmann of Ike Former German Navy; Translated By Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy (Retired)
April 1952
(Editor’s Note: This article was condensed by the translator from a chapter in the author’s book Deutsche Schicksalsjalire recently published by Brockhaus in Germany.)The German High Command did not embark ...

A Method Of Recovering A Slipped Anchor

By Ensign Raymond E. Engle, U. S. Navy
April 1952
During the early spring of 1951 the U.S.S. Manchester (CL-83) was engaged in the naval siege of Wonsan, Korea. Our mission was to stop all traffic moving along the coastal ...

You Can't Leave It To Chance

By Lieutenant Frederick C. Dyer, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1952
I. Introduction—-The Key “I concur,” said Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, “that we can take average good men and, by proper training, develop in them the essential initiative, confidence, and magnetism ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

April 1952
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Book Reviews

April 1952
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Professional Notes

April 1952
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