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Vol. XXVI No. 10 ……. Cover: Marines are noted for their ability to make themselves at home no matter where they land, be it Timbuctoo, Schenectady or, in this instance, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Gyrene on the cover is a member of a bagpipe band organized soon after his outfit reached picturesque Londonderry. Needless to say, the band was an instant hit. ……. Inside Articles: ……. Straight Dope (humor) ….. Sound Off (letters) ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes (cartoon) ….. Machine-Guns in the Solomons by Ralph P. Kennedy, Jr. (article) ….. Scout and Sniper School by Frank X. Tolbert (article) ….. Swiss Family Marines (pictorial) ….. Girl Marines Roll Up Their Sleeves by Robert H. Myers (article) ….. The Seabees by Robert N. Hart (article) ….. Some Other Marines – Lieutenant Colonel Richard F. Cornwall, Kapitein Der Mariniers Leedndert Langeveld and Kapitein Der Mariniers E. J. Lewe Van Adward (article) ….. Battle for Rendova (pictorial) ….. So You’re Going to the Tropics by Hal Bergman (article) ….. Lesson in Rhyme (pictorial poem) ….. Leatherneck Pin-Up Girl – Miss Lana Turner ….. At Ease (entertainment) ….. We, the Marines – Gunnery Sergeant George M. Miller and Platoon Sergeant Ray P. Domingue (pictorial) ….. Marines Prefer These Christmas Presents (pictorial) ….. Short Shorts on Marines ….. Gyrene Gyngles (poetry) ….. Seven Seas Marine by Joe Morang (article) ….. Casualties August 1, 1943 to September 1, 1943 – Dead and Missing ….. Forty-Six Came Back by Milburn McCarty, Jr. (article) ….. The Sergeant’s Slip Is Showing (fiction) ….. Detachments ….. Dis-Missed!