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Vol. XXVI No. 8
76 pages

Cover: Master Gunnery Sergeant Lou Diamond, the Corps’ most famous mortar expert, is subject of this month’s cover. Sergeant Pat Denman of ‘The Leatherneck’ staff drew portrait in water colors.

Inside Articles:

Straight Dope (humor)

Carry On (letters)

Marines Land Again (article)

Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes (cartoon)

Diamond in the Rough by Frank X. Tolbert (article)

Plane Overboard! (pictorial)

Padre of the Para marines – Father Joseph P. Mannion by Louis J. Maloof (article)

Armor Can Save Lives (pictorial)

Marine Personalities – Brigadier General Clifton B. Cates and Sergeant Major Albert P. Maltz by Denman(sketches)

Here and There (pictorial)

Guadalcanal Tourist Bureau by N. D. Naylor (humor)

The Marine Who Hated to Get Up by Frank X. Tolbert (fiction)

Occupation of Russell Isles (pictorial)

The Pin-up Boys Present – Miss Ann Rutherford (pictorial)

At Ease by Robert H. Myers (entertainments)

His Majesty’s Jollies – The Story of the British Royal Marines by Maurice J. Smith (article)

Gyrene Gyngles (poetry)

We, the Marines (pictorial)

Marines “Down Under” by Fred Feldkamp (article)

Fire Control by James S. Williams (article)

London Detail (article)

Marines in the News – John Basilone (pictorial)

Sports

Short Shorts on Marines

Detachments

Casualties List June 1, 1943 to July 1, 1943 – Dead and Missing

Dis-Missed!