Beachhead 1715

by Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, Federal German Navy (Retired)
December 1966
Yet, 230 years earlier, allied Danes, Prussians, and Saxons had landed 12,250 troops on the island of Rügen in only two hours.

Operation Green Turtle

by William J. Cromie
December 1966
Along the narrow strip of sand and coco palm separating the river from the sea at Tortuguero, Costa Rica, thousands of newborn turtles are digging their way out of the ...

The Tangible Incentive

by Lieutenant S. M. Sandlin, CEC, U.S. Navy
December 1966
The average serviceman or civilian does not understand the military pay system with its plethora of pays including special, proficiency, and separation; its hard-to-define “fringe benefits”; its special categories for ...

"Stay Tough"

by Captain John M. Waters, Jr., U. S. Coast Guard
December 1966
What had once been a well disciplined 61-ship Allied convoy had disintegrated into a milling, fleeing mob of ships.

Pearl Harbor Postscript

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
December 1966
In the years following his departure from the office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz actively corresponded with his successors on matters of Navy interest ...

Comment and Discussion

December 1966
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Notable Naval Books of 1966

by Robert M. Langdon
December 1966
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