Our Navy Magazine - 1 November 1942

Front Cover, 1 November 1942 Issue of Our Navy Magazine. GGA Image ID # 134dc666bf

Vol. XXXVII No. 11

THE STANDARD MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

ON THE COVER

"You may proceed, sirl" The watch officer framed in the porthole of this U.S. Navy examination ship, anchored well outside a United States port, gives orders, hails vessels and determines whether they shall be permitted to enter or leave the harbor. Here the officer is using a public address system to talk to nearby skippers. Official Navy Photo.

Table of Contents : * THE LOG *

• Traditions of the Navy
  By C. W. Windas
• Our Naval Views and Comments
  By The Editor
• The Importance of Melanesia
  By Howard Snyder
• Sailors Have Sweethearts
  By Clyde Mitchell
• Stand by, Davy Jones!
• Sailors' Snapshots
  By Paul Watson
• Scuttlebutt Scandals
  By Bozo
• Action in the Solomons
• Foreign Naval News
  By Jay Launer
• How to Speak Japanese
  By Hallack McCord
• What's in a Name?
  By Richard A. Shafter
• This is Why We Fight
  By Doug Wilson
• Write Us a Letter
  By Clyde Lee Jenkins
• For Seventeen Days
• Roundup on the War
  By Fletcher Pratt
• Naval Cancels and Cachets
  By Marshall R. Hall
• Salt Shakers
  By Walt Munson
• Bulletin Board of Naval Interest
• Sports News
• Personnel Information
• The Old Timer's Lament
  By Harry Dwyer
• Book Reviews
• Notes of Interest
• Lay Aft on the Fantail
• The Skipper and the Boot
  By Jack Watson
• USS Arcturus

Written By and For All Navymen.

EDITOR : Cliff Alderman

ASSOCIATE EDITORS:

• Myron Eddy
• C. M. Hatcher
• R. C. Fay

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

• C. J. Lund

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

• A. R. Bosworth
• J. E. Jones
• Walt Munson
• Lillian Thomas
• Harry Dwyer

Member Audit Bureau of Circulations

Published the 1st and 15th of each month by OUR NAVY, INC., Owen Watson, president and publisher; Paul R. Watson, treasurer. Office of publication, 210 Orchard Street, East Rutherford, N. J. Editorial and Executive offices, 1 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Assertions or opinions of contributors are those of the individual and do not reflect the official views of the Navy Department or the Government.

Entire contents copyrighted 1942 by OUR NAVY, INC.

More Net Paid Circulation in the Navy than Any Other Publication

Table of Contents, 1 November 1942 Issue of Our Navy Magazine. GGA Image ID # 134de46b9d