The Panama Canal—An Auxiliary of the Fleet

By Captain R. S. Fahle, U. S. Navy
May 1954
Within the framework of America’s total military strength, the offensive as well as the protective potential of our seapower has, in recent years, emerged in clearer perspective than ever heretofore ...

Kamikazes And The Okinawa Campaign

By Rear Admiral Toshiyuki Yokoi, former Imperial Japanese Navy
May 1954
Japan’s special air attack units (Kamikaze) were initially organized under very particular circumstances and with limited operational objectives in the Philippines late in 1944.1 In the first stage Admiral Ohnishi ...

Salt Horse To Sirloin

By Captain Norvelle W. Sharpe, U. S. Naval Reserve
May 1954
Not the least interest of today’s American woman in her man’s naval career is apropos of the quality and quantity of his daily food. Had she and her man lived ...

The Last Fuehrer

By First Lieutenant Leonard W. Seagren, U. S. Air Force
May 1954
The time is 1946, the place the ancient, proud, now devastated city of Nuremberg, Germany, and the man is Karl Doenitz, indicted and arraigned before the International Military Tribunal. Flottenrichter ...

First Steps Into The Principles Of War

By Associate Professor Robert W. Daly, U. S. Naval Academy
May 1954
Mahan summarized the fundamental importance of historical study in his famous dictum: “Historical occurrences, analyzed and critically studied, have been the curriculum through which great captains have trained their natural ...

Air-Sea Rescue Off Halmahera

By Stephen J. Allen, Yeoman First Class, U. S. Navy
May 1954
On September 16, 1944, occurred one of the most thrilling and spectacular air-sea rescue operations of World War II. On this day, Task Force 78’s escort carriers repeated their dawn ...

The Cradle Of Naval Aviation

By Chief Journalist J. Burton Smith, U. S. Navy
May 1954
Few events in history have had greater significance in their ultimate impact on the social and economic development of the human race than the fulfillment of man’s dream to fly ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

May 1954
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Book Reviews

May 1954
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Professional Notes

May 1954
UNITED STATESNaval Design Takes a Giant StepMaritime Reporter, March 1954.—During the past 20 years, the Bureau of Ships occasionally has undertaken evaluation of ships having experimental machinery installations ...

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