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l. XXVI No. 11 ……. Cover: November is the anniversary month of the Marine Corps, which was established November 10, 1775. In keeping with the season, our cover symbolizes some of the milestones in our march, the goal we expect to reach in the future, and the milestones we already have passed. This cover is the work of Staff Artist Sergeant John DeGrasse. ……. Inside Articles: ……. Straight Dope (humor) ….. Sound Off (letters) ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Fred Rhoads (cartoon) ….. The 168th Year by Hal Bergman (review) ….. Censored and How! by Robert H. Denley (fiction) ….. First Aerial Innings by I. R. McVay (article) ….. Italy’s Surrender (article) ….. Machine Guns in the Solomons By Ralph P. Kennedy, Jr. (article) ….. Semper Paratus by Robert H. Myers (article) ….. Guadalcanal Sketches by Corp. William J. Gunn (art) ….. Pin-Up Girl (pictorial) ….. Leatherneck Pin-Up Girl – Miss Martha O’Driscoll ….. At Ease by Robert H. Myers (entertainment) ….. If Captured by Maurice J. Smith (article) ….. Gyrene Gyngles (verse) ….. We, the Marines (art) ….. Preacher’s Kid by Frank X. Tolbert (article) ….. Your Job as Marine Officer by Lieutenant General Thomas A. Holcomb (article) ….. Marine Aces (pictorial) ….. Short Shorts on Marines ….. Marine Hits the Silk (Parachute training pictorial) ….. Citations ….. Sports ….. Enogai Raiders (pictorial) ….. Mail Females (pictorial) ….. Casualties List September 1, 1943 to September 20, 1943 – Dead and Missing ….. Detachments ….. Dis-Missed