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Vol. XXXVI No. 12

Cover: Here’s a short timer – the boys on the USS Pensacola will certainly get the bird this Thanksgiving if this picture is any indication. Photos by Navy Recruiting Bureau and Bob White

Articles inside this issue:

Traditions of the Navy by C. W. Windas

Our Naval Views and Comments by The Editor

Death Keeps a Notebook – Beginning a Three-Part Murder Mystery With a Smart Sailor in the Role of Detective’s Detective. By J. W. Hedden and Illustrated by Walt Reed

That Island Up North – Straight Dope on Iceland From One Who Got it First Hand. By Malcolm Cagle

A Monkey Wrench in the Naval Defense Machinery

Forgotten Naval Mysteries – Most of Them Would be Better Forgotten, Too, if You Ask Us. By Barney Barnett

Scuttlebutt Scandals by Bozo

Handbook for Young Sailors – A Standard Work Which Every Boot Should Have in His Locker. By Charles M. Hatcher

Give Me a Sailor Any Time – She Learned About Sailors from Three of Them. By Madge Loren

Air Squadron Insignia

Home – For Awhile by R. J. Erickson

Will Turkey Get the Axe? – Not the Bird but the Country–an Analysis of Turkey’s Position Today and the Strength of Hey Navy. By Jay Launer

I’m Going Back – Asiatic Duty Has its Compensations. By E. H. Harris

Roundup on the War – Military and Naval Aspects of the European Situation. By Fletcher Pratt

Salty Rhymes

Flash by Lillian Thomas

Salt Shakers by Walt Munson

Bulletin Board of Naval Interest

Pertinent Paragraphs – Sports Notes by Pop Jones

Athletics in the Fleet by Harry Dwyer

San Juan NAS Has Big Season

Spark Plug Salvage

San Diego’s Navy Athletic Field and Trophy Room – Something About Its Famed Trophies and Sports Facilities. By John H. Gavin

Stuff and Sailors by J. Dante

Competition Adds Zip to Recruits’ Training by Ken Bojens

Personnel Information

Book Reviews

Notes of Interest

Lay Aft on the Fantail

The Skipper and the Boot by Jack Watson

Vought “Vindicator” Dive Bomber and USS Benson on Third Cover