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Vol. XXXIX No. 3

Cover: ‘The Eternal Vigil’

Articles Inside: The Eternal Vigil – Nets

The Constant Guardian of Our Harbors. By Perry Wood

Allergic to Luck – The Way to a Sensitive Man’s Heart Is Through His Stomach. By M. E. Newcomer and Illustrated by George Shanks 

Pacific Indoctrination – It Pays to Be in Condition When You’re a PhM With the Marines. By L. E. Schuster

Salty Rhymes

South Atlantic Patrol – The Navy Keeps Constant Alert for the Nazi Blockade Runner

Buoys and Gulls ( Cartoon ) By Manning Hall

The “Can Do” Ship – Her Name May Not Be in Communiques, But She’s in There Fighting. By Edgar C. Cox

“Scuttlebutt” By J. M. Day

Inside Dope By Henry P. Lankenau

Hot Licks in the SoPac – Broadway Has Nothing on this South Pacific Band for Jumpin’ Jive. By William Bryson

Navy Beach Parties – The Navy’s Unsung Heroes By Harry Dwyer

What’s in a Name? – 42. The USS Shea By Richard Shafter

Foreign Naval News – Reports on Allied and Axis Navies. By Walton L. Robinson

Flight Deck – Aviation News and Views. By Ernest G. Vetter

Round-Up of the War – Military and Naval Aspects of World War II. By Fletcher Platt 

Naval Cancels and Cachets By Marshall R. Hall 

Salt Shakers By Walt Munson

Bulletin Board of Naval Interest

Awards, Commendations, and Promotions

Personnel Information – Promotions – Official Casualty List April 1st to 15th

Your Beauty Parade

Airmen at Tulagi – Cruiser Airmen Fought from Land Bases

Notes of Interest

Lay Aft on the Fantail

Traditions of the Navy

Skipper and the Boot By Jack Watson