Asian Allies for America

By Joseph W. Ballentine
October 1953
There is a significant parallel between the East Asian situation of today and that of twenty years ago as it affects American security. After World War I, the United States ...

Survival at Sea

By Commander E. L. E. Ritson, U. S. Navy
October 1953
In the Navy, drowning is the greatest single cause of death in time of peace, and, in time of war, death as the result of drowning or exposure exceeds total ...

Industrial Mobilization in the U. S.

By Lieutenant Commander Joseph Z. Reday, U. S. Naval Reserve
October 1953
As the Marines there put it, “The Korean war is little and messy, but it’s the best one we have.” It also was one in which the Marines and G.I.s ...

Nine Keys to Atlantic Defense

By Lieutenant (J.G.) James H. Guill, U. S. Naval Reserve
October 1953
The huge convoy—the individual ships loaded with troops, military equipment, and supplies—put out from its rendezvous at Halifax on the 16th of September. Sub-chaser blimps and patrol bombers soared overhead ...

Germany's Secret Naval Supply Service

By Commander Roy O. Stratton (SC), U. S. Navy (Retired)
October 1953
Anyone who lived in Galveston in 1935 may remember a friendly German named Carl Biehl. It was his business to know where, when, and how he could get all kinds ...

Atomic Power—Where Will It Pay First?

By Commander E. B. Roth, U. S. Navy
October 1953
Last year Congress appropriated $709,000,000 for the operations of the atomic energy plants of this country and an additional $372,000,000 for the construction of new installations. For obvious reasons of ...

Design and Construction of the Yamato and Musashi

By Captain Kitaro Matsumoto, Former Imperial Japanese Navy, and Commander Masataka Chichaya, Former Imperial Japanese Navy
October 1953
If there are any achievements of which Japanese naval architects may feel justifiably proud when they look back on the Pacific War, the construction of the famous battleships Yamato and ...

N.I.S.

By Lieutenant Commander J. C. Busby, (SC) U. S. Navy
October 1953
N.I.S. or “not in stock” is the time honored phraseology of the Navy to indicate that an item requested is temporarily exhausted. It is the supply officer’s equivalent of the ...

When The Navy Landed in Japan

By Captain F. H. Brumby, Jr., U. S. Navy
October 1953
In mid-August, 1945, when the Japanese decided to surrender, various and sundry- plans were made by our forces for the initial occupation of the home islands of our late enemies ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

October 1953
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Book Reviews

October 1953
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Professional Notes

October 1953
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