On Japanese Naval Rearmament

By Walmer E. Strope
June 1956
When World War II ended, Japan was defeated, and her war machine was in ruins. Now, only a decade after the conclusion of that bitter struggle, Japan is being invited ...

The French Navy Enters World War II

By Rear Admiral Paul Auphan, French Navy (Retired)
June 1956
World War II began for me in an American port. It was April, 1939, in New Orleans. I was commanding the training ship of the French Navy, the cruiser Jeanne ...

Reenlistment: A Case History

By Lieutenant Howard N. Kay, U. S. Navy
June 1956
A reenlistment rate among first cruise sailors of 65 per cent during an eighteen month period! Impossible? Hardly. We did it in Mine Division One Hundred Eleven, and what’s more ...

Merchant Fleet On The Ohio

By William H. Hessler
June 1956
To a proper salt-water sailor, an Ohio River towboat pushing a train of twenty coal barges down a glassy, sluggish river is a far cry from the seagoing merchant marine ...

Significance Of The Volga-Don Canal

By Russell S. Hibbs
June 1956
I The ultimate creation of an integrated deep water transportation system in the European sector of the Soviet Union,” was stated as one of the goals of the fifth Five-Year ...

Admiral Farragut And General Butler

By Richard S. West, Jr.
June 1956
When early in 1862 General Benjamin F. Butler was sent to faraway New Orleans, War Department officials heaved a sigh of relief. The Massachusetts political general was a fireball of ...

Simple as Alfa-Bravo-Charlie

By Lynn Montross
June 1956
Old and battle-scarred traditions die hard. Hence it is not astonishing that roars of pain and rage were heard for four controversial years when one of our fondest military institutions ...

NSD, Mechanicsburg

By William V. Kennedy
June 1956
If Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia were to invade Pennsylvania again it could solve all its pressing supply problems at the expense of the United States Navy ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

June 1956
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Book Reviews

June 1956
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Professional Notes

June 1956
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Challenge

June 1956
From: Ward Room Officer USS Saratoga To: Ward Room Officer USS Cinncinnati Shanghai China June 1913 To add a corwning glory to the laurels that we wear Together in some ...

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