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Vol. XXVII No. 9 ……. Cover: This cover is the work of Artist Harry Koskinen. ……. Inside Articles: ….. Sound Off ….. As SEESE Sees It ( PFC James W. Seese ) ….. Question Box ….. Funafuti – Springboard of the Pacific by Capt. Charles J. Greene ….. How to make Sergeant the Hard Way ( Maurice Ragland ) ….. It’s An Army Show ( Marine Sharpshooters on D-Day ) ….. Marines Tell It To The Army ….. A Hitch in Honolulu by Jack A. Gertz ….. Short Belts – Short Range by Sgt. I. R. McVay ….. Combat Gunman by Capt. Ellis M. Trefethen ….. Winning Pitcher..Spillane by Frank X. Tolbert ….. Shipwrecked ( Corp. Carlyle W. Vorachek ) by SSgt. John T. Kirby ….. Fish for Fare by Sgt Norman Kuhne ….. Government Shipment – RUSH ….. Fire Mission – The Work of the Forward Observer by SSgt. James E. Hague ….. Old Man of the Atoll ( Karl Hahn ) ….. Volunteer by Sgt. S. B. Scidmore ….. Bombs and Bombing ….. Marines’ Postwar Plans by Sgt. Francis H. Barr ….. How’s Your IQ ….. Japanese Justice by Sgt. Nicholas J. Pipino ….. We the Marines edited by Sgt. Hal Bergman ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes ….. Hashmark by Fred Lasswell ….. The Straight Dope ….. Men of the Corps ( PFC Frank W. Freeman, Sgt. William J. Powell, PFC. Stephen R. Grady and Corp. John J. Murphy Jr. ) ….. Leatherneck Pin-Up Girl – Diana Lewis ….. At Ease – News of the Entertainment World ….. Pitchfork Penman ( Harry Jackson ) ….. Hollandia by TSgt. Samuel E. Stavisky ….. Hansen Twins: Use ‘gator for rolling fort ….. How to treat a Shell Fire Wound ….. Reverie at Reveille ….. Call Him Mac by SSgt. Dick Gordon ….. How to Live in a Jungle — and Like It ….. Gyrene Gyngles ….. Casualties List May 12, 1944 to June 15, 1944 – Dead and Missing ….. The Editor’s Report ….. Back of the Book ( Profiles on Sgt. John Birch, Sgt. John DeGrasse and Sgt. Pendleton T. Johnson )