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Vol. XXVII No. 5 ……. Cover: One of the things that we are fighting for is freedom of worship and appropriately enough, Leatherneck staff artist, Sergeant James P. (Pat) Denman suggested a Marine in the South Pacific kneeling before an altar on Easter morn for this month’s cover. Pat’s cover is a tempera and oil painting done from photographs taken in combat areas. ……. Inside Articles: ….. Over the Editor’s Shoulder ….. Sound Off ….. Chow on the Loaded table by Fred Lasswell ….. The Straight Dope ….. Question Box ….. ” Mr. Deeds” Goes to War – With a Pair of Pistol Packin’ Mamas by Gary Cooper As told to TSgt. Robert H. Myers ….. Postwar – Should I get a Job or go to School? ….. They Made It – Could You? Save Your Life by Learning How to Swim Combat Style ….. The Fighting Belly Robbers ( Marine Cooks take out Snipers ) ….. See the Chaplin ….. The Senior Private Uses his head by TSgt. Frank X. Tolbert ….. The Flag by Sgt. Peter Pavone, Jr. ….. The Talent Probers ( Classification Men ) ….. How we captured Cape Torokina by Sgt. Frank Devine ….. Fightin’ – Writin’ Marine ( Colonel John W. Thomason, Jr ) by TSgt. Frank X. Tolbert ….. Tarawa Honor Roll ( Official casualty List as of February 21, 1944 ) ….. Blockades on the Road to Tokyo – How the Japs Fortify Their Coral Atoll Outposts ….. How’s Your IQ ….. Leatherneck Color Pin-Up Girl – Janet Blair ….. A Visit to Hollywood Stadium ….. Leatherneck Color Pin-Up Girl – Rita Hayworth ….. We the Marines ….. Corp. Ralph W. Fordyce : spells nemesis for Japs ( Artwork by Artist Harold Koskinen. ) ….. Foxhole Follies ….. Girls We’d Like to Date by DeGrasse ….. Assembling ‘The Pack’ ….. The Last Act by Sgt. Harold Helfer ….. How the Sergeant Looks to his Men ….. Luau – a la Marine ….. GIST of the News ….. The Impatient Marine Sgt. Iddo William Ball ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes ….. Men of the Corps ( Corp. Thomas Wolff, MTSgt Oscar R. Thomas, 1st Lt. Jack Chevigny and SSgt. Luther Hutchinson ) ….. Long Count on Tanambogo ( PFC George Randy ) ….. Hashmark by Fred Lasswell ….. Gyrene Gyngles ….. Cemetery Duel by Sgt. Peter Pavone, Jr. ….. The Marine Who Came Back to Life ( Corp. Reid Carlos Chamberlain ) ….. Nice Duty – If You Can Get It ( 1944 Ice-Capades ) ….. Know the Marianas Islands ….. Life Among The Retreads by Major J. H. Culnan ….. How to Use Your Poncho for a Raft ….. So You Know Your General Orders ….. The Editor’s Report ….. Back of the Book ( Profiles on Sgt. James Patrick Denman, Corp. Horatio B. Moore and PFC Louis Lowery )