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Vol. XXXIX No. 13

Cover: ‘King of the Amphibs’

Inside: Our Naval Views and Comments

King of the Amphibs – “Terrible” Turner and His Crocodiles Revolutionize Warfare. By Edward Pinkowski

Snafued Forty-Eight – Would They Have to Shanghai You to Get You to Marry a Luscious Babe With $70,000? By John Lewis Allen and by George Shanks

The Navy Goes on Leave – The American Service Man Has Taken London Without Firing a Shot. By Robin Walker

Salty Rhymes

Enlisted Man Gets Commission – The Modern Navy Carries Out an Old Navy Tradition By Courtesy of Edgar R. Apking

The Magnificent Magley – A True Story of the Navy’s Man of Many Talents. By Will Hardy and by George Shanks

Will We Kiss the Waves Goodbye? – Don’t Kid Yourself–If Some People Have Their Way, the Gals Are Here for Keeps. By Doug Wilson

Repair Ships Harry Dwyer

What’s in a Name?- 51. The USS GainardBy 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

The Battle of the Philippines – American Air and Sea Power Reduces the Japs to a Third Rate Navy

Naval Cancels and Cachets Marshall R. Hall

Salt Shakers By Walt Munson

Bulletin Board of Naval Interest

Awards, Commendations and Promotions

Personnel Information Official Casualty List September 16 to September 30

Narragansett Nightmare By W. A. Smith

No Freedom of Speech – A Hero Comes Home to Forget About War. By Black Sherrod

A Cuban Report By Harry Unger

Your Beauty Parade

Notes of Interest

He Really Wanted His Anchor-Stock

Sparks from the Sport Wheel Harry Dwyer

Lay Aft on the Fantail

Traditions of the Navy

The Skipper and the BootBy Jack Watson