The Scope was published by and for the men of the 259th Coast Artillery Battalion (“259th C.A. Bn.”), stationed in New Guinea. The opening editorial says it started as a battalion newspaper in Fiji, after the unit’s service on Guadalcanal.

Staff:

• Advisor: Leon Waterman
• Editor: Atwood Levensaler
• Art Editor: James H. Boggs
• Reporters:
  • Headquarters Battery: Clyde Speegle
  • A Battery: I. J. Reynolds and Arthur N. Pisha
  • B Battery: James H. Lerck and Howard E. Farley
• Production: Robert C. Kaiser

The editorial also credits two people from the earlier run of the paper: Tischler for the editorials and Kasazkow for the illustrations