Proceedings Magazine - July 1955

July 1955, Vol. No. 81, No. 7, Whole No. 629

Contents

AMERICA'S FAREWELL TO JOHN ERICSSON-1 890 Front Cover
See page 851 for details concerning this month's cover picture
A MILITARY DANGER. THE REVELATION OF SECRET STRATEGIC PLANS . 731
By Captain Tracy Barrett Kittredge, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
TYPHOON DOCTRINE 744 By Elmer W. Malanot
WHAT OF JAPAN 751
By Joseph Z. Reday
LORAN COMES OF AGE 764
By Lieutenant Arthur P. Miller, Jr., U. S. Naval Reserve
THE MILITARY AS AN ELEMENT OF SOVIET STATE POWER 771
By Colonel William R. Kintner, U. S. Army
A FEW IDEAS OF A CRUISER SKIPPER 784
By Captain Philip D. Gallery, U. S. Navy
PATRIOTISM THROUGH KNOWLEDGE 789
By Captain Dwight M. Bradford Williams, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
' THE NAVY'S SCHNEIDER CUP RACERS 802
By Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Rankin, U. S. Marine Corps
THE STRANGE SEARCH FOR JOHN PAUL JONES 808
By Dorothy Tooker
ITALY'S WORLD WAR II NAVY—MAJOR UNITS (Pictorial Section) 812
Prepared by Commander E. H. Clark, Jr., U. S. Naval Reserve; Photographs by Courtesy of Lieutenant Aldo Fraccaroli, Italian Naval Reserve
DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, NOTES 825
BOOK REVIEWS 829
PROFESSIONAL NOTES 837
SECRETARY'S NOTES 851
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