Proceedings Magazine - December 1955

December 1955, Vol. No. 81, No. 12, Whole No. 634

Front Cover: MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY, 1806-1873. For details concerning this month's cover portrait, see page 1411.

Contents

THE NEED TO KNOW (ENLISTED PRIZE ESSAY, 1955) 1299
By Joseph D. Harrington, Chief Journalist, U. S. Navy
LETTER TO MY SON 1310
By Captain , U. S. Navy
HAWAII OPERATION 1315
By Vice Admiral Shigeru Fukudome, Former Imperial Japanese Navy
SURVIVOR BENEFITS—WHAT ARE THEY? 1332
By Rear Admiral Elton W. Grenfell, U. S. Navy
KASHMIR: VALLEY OF INDECISION 1339
By Murray Green
THE MEANING OF NAVAL PRESTIGE 1351
By J. A. Lukacs
HYDRO AT 125 1361
By Captain Joe Brice Cochran, U. S. Navy
CHARTING THE SEAS (Pictorial Section) 1368
DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS AND NOTES 1379
BOOK REVIEWS 1385
PROFESSIONAL NOTES 1393
IN THE SHADOWS OF TOMORROW 1407
The Honorable Charles S. Thomas, Secretary of the Navy
SECRETARY'S NOTES 1411
The opinions or assertions in the articles are the private ones of the writers, and are not to be
construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or the U. S. Naval Institute.
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