Troubled Oil And Iran

By Rear Admiral E. M. Eller, U. S. Navy (Retired)
November 1954
If today the United States had to select one key area overseas that she ought to make stronger for her future safety, which would it be? Would it be Indochina ...

A New World's Speed Record

By Lieutenant Commander James B. Verdin, U. S. Navy; Assisted By Lieutenant J. M. Cameron, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1954
Colonel Roscoe Turner says there is only one reason for flying. Speed, speed, speed. And he’s right. Aircraft speeds are the mileposts of aviation progress. For this reason the world ...

The Art Of Being An Executive Officer

By Captain W. J. Catlett, Jr., U. S. Navy
November 1954
The comments and counsel offered here are based upon my own experience in both Atlantic and Pacific fleets as an executive officer on two ships which, at the time when ...

Sweden Digs In

By Lieutenant Commander G. Alison Raymond, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1954
Sweden, four minutes by jet from Baltic Soviet bases, is in dead earnest as it prepares its own defense. One of its most imposing engineering feats is the construction of ...

Iron Ore Traffic on the Great Lakes

By Wesley R. Harkins
November 1954
Whenever one surveys the industrial might of this nation—its buildings, factories, railroads, automobiles and trucks, pipelines, its Army and Navy and their equipment—the important role that iron and steel play ...

Russia's Disappearing Sea

By Joseph Bernstein
November 1954
One of the most remarkable bodies of water on the face of the earth is the Caspian Sea. Known to the ancients as the “Pool of the Sun,” it has ...

A Naval Officer In Kashmir

By Commander John Cadwalader, U. S. Naval Reserve
November 1954
During the year 1951, I was a member of the group of officers from the armed forces of members of the United Nations, attempting to keep the peace upon the ...

The Story of Stephen Hopkins

By John Bunker
November 1954
The S.S. Stephen Hopkins was a Liberty ship-one of hundreds that freighted goods of war across the seven seas in World War II.There were guns on the Hopkins, but they ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

November 1954
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Book Reviews

November 1954
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Professional Notes

November 1954
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