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Vol. XXV No. 10 ……. Cover: Exercise Under Arms: Marines keep their rifles, even when going through calisthenics. The cover picture shows a group of Parris Island recruits in regular muscle-hardening exercise. ……. Inside Articles: ……. Leatherneck Personalities ….. At Ease ….. The Detail to Plum Island ….. Solomons Spearhead! by F. O. Cooke ….. Solomons Sidelights….. First Marines in Pacific ….. Last U. S. Passenger Ship Out of Orient ….. Fighter Planes Under Fire ….. Mermaids at Bay ….. Pay Day Over There ….. The Defilade or Mask Indicator by Oscar F. Graff ….. Gyrene Gyngles ….. That Quartet I Can’t Forget by Bryan J. Barnett ….. The Ballad of Jerry McGee by Alfred I. Tooke ….. The Leatherneck Interviews ….. GIST of the Month’s News ….. Detachments ….. The Gazette ….. Dis-Missed