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Vol. XXVII No. 1 ……. Cover: Out in the Islands, be it December or June, a poker game, with cigars and cigarettes for stakes, may go on whenever there is a lull in battle. Staff Artist PFC Harold Koskinen has captured the spirit of an afternoon draw session, somewhere in the South Pacific, for this month’s cover. ……. Inside Articles: ….. Over the Editor’s Shoulder ….. Sound Off ….. War Art by Noel Sickles ….. The Straight Dope ….. The Raiders ( Lt. Col. Evans Fordyce Carlson ) by Frank X. Tolbert ….. Football and War by Bernie Bierman ….. Sea School U.S.M.C. ….. West Coast School ….. The Leatherneck Goes on a 10 Day Furlough ….. A Marine Never Dies by Arthur J. Burks ….. A Christmas Thought 1943 by Capt. R. D. Workman, Chief of Chaplains ….. Tyrone Power, Marine by Robert H. Myers ….. Gentleman From New Georgia ( Major Phillip C. Ferguson ) by Frank X. Tolbert ….. “Scared” Gunner ( Dennis Earl Byrd ) ….. G.I. -D.I.’s by Norman Kuhne ….. Leatherneck Pin-Up Girl – Betty Grable ….. At Ease: What Makes a Pin-Up Girl? ….. Chowhound by Hal Bergman ….. “Creamed Rabbit” by Tom Davis ….. Question Box ….. How’s Your IQ ….. We the Marines ….. Guadal Today ….. “Welcome, Boots” ( Platoon Sergeant Grover C. Crump and Platoon Sergeant Lee D. Bolander ) ….. GIST of the News ….. The Women Marines ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes ….. Gyrene Gyngles ….. They Couldn’t Kill Wilsie ( Pvt. Wilsie W. Nickeson ) ….. Assignment in New Georgia ( Sgt. Waus Teague ) ….. Marines Tell Their Story ( Jim Hall – He came back to life ) ….. Your Field Lesson – wact your ammunition by Captain Melvin M. Johnson ….. Citations ….. Casualties List September 15, 1943 to October 15, 1943 – Dead and Missing ….. The Depot Quartermaster at Philadelphia ( Col. M. C. Gregory ) ….. The Editor’s Report ….. Back of the Book ( Profiles on Lt. Col. Bernard W. Bierman, Sgt. Robert H. Myers and TSgt. Frank X. Tolbert )