Description

Vol. XXXIX No. 7

Cover: ‘The Lifeboat Navy’

Articles Inside: Our Naval Views and Comments

The Lifeboat Navy – The Nazis Weren’t Fooling in 1942 When the Armed Guard Earned This Nickname. By R. G. Picinich, Jr.

Beware That Shipmate Kiss – A Bridal WAVE Rocks the Ship on the Sea of Matrimony. By Alexander McLaren

Samaritans in Gray – Volunteer Workers of the American Red Cross Earn the Navy’s Gratitude By Don A. Goodall

Chaplains Tour Fighting Fronts – Those Who Need It Are Finding Spiritual Life in War Zones

Dai Nippon – It Is the Weight of Steel that Wins Wars, and the U.S. Is Out-Producing Japan. By Howard Snyder

Guadalcanal Curiosity – War Has Passed the “Canal” and Navy Men Become Sightseers

Salty Rhymes

Buoys and Gulls ( Cartoon ) By Manning Hall

Congratulations to the WAVES – 60,000 Navy Men Released for Battle Stations by the Women’s Reserve ( Photo Report )

$15,000 Mustering Out Pay By R. P. Day

What’s in a Name? – 46. The USS Wolverine By Richard Shafter

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

No Patriot – He’d Worked Plenty of Rackets in His Life, But “Patriotism” Was a New One for Him. By Gordon Spain

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 – Official Casualty List June 16th to 30th, 1944

Jungle Escapade – Death Came Close to These Airmen

Your Beauty Parade

Notes of Interest

Night Fighter

Lay Aft on the Fantail

Traditions of the Navy

The Skipper and the Boot By Jack Watson