Nuclear Power and the Seaplane

By Commander C. T. Durgin, Jr., U. S. Navy
January 1956
Military planners have long desired to break away from dependence on fixed bases and supply organizations which encumber mobility. All plans for rapid movement, surprise, and speedy follow-up of the ...

The Japanese Military Mission To Italy In 1941

By Vice Admiral Giuseppe Fioravanzo, Italian Navy
January 1956
In the spring of 1941 a Japanese Military Mission visited Germany and Italy for the purpose of learning about the military efficiency of these two countries and of obtaining information ...

The Permanent Crisis Of Soviet Communism

By Lieutenant Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr., U. S. Naval Reserve and Albert Grossman
January 1956
Introduction Since the death of Stalin the Soviet Union has experienced major and minor changes within the structure of its Party and State administrative commands. Not so long ago, Georgi ...

Bui Chu Means Valiant

By Lieutenant (JG) Thomas A. Dooley, III (MC), U. S. Navy
January 1956
The war in Indochina is over. It ended leaving the smell of blood and death mingled with the earth. It ended neither in a glorious victory of righteousness nor in ...

The Sinking Of The Scharnhorst

By Karl-Hinrich Peter
January 1956
Very little has been made public concerning the battle of the German battleship Scharnhorst against the superior forces of British naval vessels on December 26, 1943, in the northern Arctic ...

The Age Of Continents

By William R. Mathews
January 1956
The United States of America has, within a lifetime, grown to be the wealthiest and most powerful nation the world has ever known. That this should happen as the Soviet ...

The Ewing Mutiny

By Thornton Emmons and Homer C. Votaw
January 1956
As is expected of a traditionally volunteer service under a democracy such as ours, the United States Navy has had few instances of what might even in the broadest terms ...

The "Jaycock Story"—Pictorial

By Chief Warrant Officer William B. Kohl, U. S. Marine Corps
January 1956
“JCOC”—pronounced Jaycock—has a special meaning to several East Coast military installations, Department of Defense officials, and a large number of the nation’s top business and civic leaders. But to ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

January 1956
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Professional Notes

January 1956
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