Our Navy Magazine 1 December 1942

Front Cover, 1 December 1942 Issue of Our Navy Magazine.

Front Cover, 1 December 1942 Issue of Our Navy Magazine. GGA Image ID # 134f038f05

Vol. XXXVII No. 13

THE STANDARD MAGAZINE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY

ON THE COVER

This pharmacist's mate seems to be ready for whatever part he may be called upon to play on the Navy's second front, about which the second of a series of two articles tells you in this issue. He's a member of the crew of the converted airplane carrier USS Charger.
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 Navy's Second Front—Part II
By John Brook Penfold
How to Speak Japanese
By Hallack McCord
Men for the Job
By Gordon Ramsey
They Planned It
Scuttlebutt Scandals
By Bozo
Sailors Snapshots
By Paul Watson
Notes on the Japanese Fleet
By Jack Blumenfield
What's in a Name?
By Richard A. Shaffer
Honolulu, December 7th
By Letitia Lindsay
Them Were the Days
By Harvey L. ("Heinie") Miller
Dear Boot
By Robert Oberg
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
Awards. Commendations and Promotions
Breitenbach Tells How
By James L. Harrington
Personnel Information
Book Reviews
Notes of Interest
Lay Aft on the Fantail
The Skipper and the Boot
By Jack Watson
USS Davis and USS Russell

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

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Entire contents copyrighted 1942 by OUR NAVY, INC.

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FUTURE EYES OF THE FLEET.

FUTURE EYES OF THE FLEET. These men, photography strikers at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., have been selected from the first recruit regiment to undergo boot training at the station. GGA Image ID # 135303710e

Front row (l. to r.) : T. C. Noetzel, R. C. Johnson, C. J. Reilly, C. L. Mitchell, A. S. McKee, J. M. Berning, R. L. Shuck, E. F. J. Wichelman, E. H. Burow, W. A. Hartz.

Standing (l. to r.) : I. T. Kruska, L. F. Taylor, K. G. Hoelt, J. J. Losekamp. R. L. Coomes, H. C. Levie, R. A. Tryce, C. J. Harris.

Back to camera: P. Toth PhoM1c, USN, instructor.

HEROES NOW AVIATION CADETS

HEROES NOW AVIATION CADETS. GGA Image ID # 13533face4

Left: Ira Arch Francis, CQM, USN, was the honor man in a class of 273 aviation cadets graduating from the Navy Pre-Flight School at Athens, Ga. on Navy Day. Fran- cis was a member of the crew of a submarine which sank four Jap ships in enemy waters, saw action in the Battle of Midway and has been commended officially five times since the outbreak of the war.

Right: Dick McEwen received the Distinguished Flying Cross on Navy Day from Captain C. E. Smith, USN9 commanding officer of the Navy Pre-Flight School at Athens, Ga., where McEwen is now an aviation cadet. As the machine gunner of a Navy dive bomber in the Battle of Midway, McEwen scored a bomb hit on a Jap ship. Now he rassies with math and physics in the hope of winning his Navy wings as an officer.

USS Davis (DD-395).