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Vol. XXVII No. 10
84 pages

Cover: This cover is the work of Artist Harold Koskinen.

Inside Articles: ….. Over the Editor’s Shoulder ….. Sound Off ….. Ye Olde Corps by Fred Lasswell ….. How’s Your IQ ….. War On Japan’s Door Step – The Battle for Saipan ( Col. Chambers’ Raiders by Sgt. George E. Doying ) ….. Crash Crew! ( Photo Story ) ….. The Message Must Go Through by Corp. Harold Helfer ….. Rout of the Enemy ….. Roadbuilders to Tokyo ( Seabees Photo Story ) ….. Bougainville Boogie by SSgt. Alfred E. Lewis ….. Letter from Jerry by Sgt. George Doying ….. The Little ones Count, Too – Majuro, Arno, Aur and Erikub Atolls ….. Ack Ack ETC. ( Cape Gloucester ) by Sgt. Bill Miller ….. Air Battle for the Marshalls by Capt. E. M. Trefethen ….. Tanks ….. Cave of Horror – Japanese on Saipan met victory in death by Sgt. David Dempsey ….. Southward by Sky ( Marine Landings in Brazil ) by Sgt. John Conner ….. Leatherneck Pin-Up Girl – Janis Carter ….. At Ease – News of the Entertainment World ….. We the Marines edited by Sgt. Hal Bergman ….. Gizmo and Eightball by Rhodes ….. Hashmark by Fred Lasswell ….. Men of the Corps ( PFC Carl Estep, PFC John E. Castilloux, PFC Frank J. Pohana and PFC Edward A. Swanson ) ….. Buzzers Bait by Corp. Thurman L. Dacus ….. Sgt. David H. Hawkins: “Meat Ball” Destroyer ….. The Straight Dope ….. Bomber Squadron – Goes to War by Capt. G. A. Smathers and MTSgt. Leslie Peever ….. Casualties List June 16, 1944 to July 16, 1944 – Dead and Missing ….. Bait Force – Sea-going Marines helped oust the Nips from the frozen Aleutian isles ….. Foxhole Art by Kerr Eby ….. Tojo’s Vanishers by Maj. Arthur J. Burks ….. Gyrene Gyngles ….. The Editor’s Report ….. Back of the Book ( Profiles on Sgt. Don Pittman, Sgt. John Conner and SSgt. Alfred E. Lewis )