Retrospect and Prospect

By Rear Admiral E. R. Durgin, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1952
It would seem that mankind is fated to a life of strife. This fact was first brought forcibly to the attention of the American public by Harvard University’s noted sociologist ...

Special Weather Phenomena of the Pacific

By Captain Peter R. Lackner, U. S. Navy
November 1952
Weather has long been a common factor affecting the lives and fortunes of men sailing the seas. Its variations, its nuances, its capers, however capricious or far-fetched, have long commanded ...

The ROK Navy

By Lieutenant Commander David C. Holly, U. S. Navy
November 1952
One afternoon in middle October, 1950, the dilapidated docks and warehouses of Pusan, Korea, echoed with the strident blast of a great, bronze trumpet that had not been sounded for ...

The Naval Affairs Committees, 1816 - 1947

By Robert Greenhalgh Albion
November 1952
After a century and a quarter of profound influence upon the United States Navy, two Congressional committees passed into history at the beginning of 1947. The Senate Naval Affairs Committee ...

Pick Up At Sea

By Lieutenant John M. Maupin, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1952
The dispatch from COMSERVPAC came—as most dispatches do—when it wasn’t looked for. The Conserver was anchored at Kwajalein Atoll busy with a buoy-laying operation and about 20% of the ship’s ...

The Landing in Morocco, November 1942

By Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1952
Operation Torch, the Allied Landing in North Africa, under the Supreme Com­mand of General Eisenhower and the overall naval command of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, consisted ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

November 1952
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Book Reviews

November 1952
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Professional Notes

November 1952
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