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The Leatherneck

October 1940     68 Pages     

Cover: This month depicts the trend of the year for the Marine Corps, the range season. Sergeant F. A. Montford of the Washington, D. C., Barracks, posed for the picture. We are deeply indebted to Master Technical Sergeant Donald M. Hyde, Assistant Director of the Marine Corps Institute, for this fine photograph.

Inside Articles:

Sound Off!

The Fita-Fita Guard
By 1st Sgt. Cecil R. Bates, USMC

Offense the Best Defense
By Fred Belton

No Surrender
By James N. Wright

Barrage
By Havelock D. Nelson

The Parris Island Hurricane
By Lacy Morrow

The Experimental Pack
By Captain Robert W. Gordon, USMCR

Sports
By Belton

San Diego Recruits

West Coast New Comers

Skimmed from the Scuttlebutt

Sea Going

Defense Battalions

Quantico News
The First Marine Brigade, Fleet Marine Force

West Coast

Detachments

Foreign Detachments

Marine Corps Institute News

The Stamp Corner
By Charles W. Inglee

Gyngles of a Gyrene

The Stamp Corner by Inglee

The Marine Corps Reserve

Middies Prep for Another Army Victory

Book Reviews

The Gazette

Sample Packages 
By Waldo Harris

In the News

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