Our Navy Magazine 1 July 1959 Fatter Bodies and Fatter Heads
The Voice of all Navymen
1 July, 1959
Vol. 54 No. 3
OUR COVER: Old Glory rises of the flagstaff of the carrier Oriskany. Picture, provided courtesy the San Francis° Naval Shipyard "Drydocker," was taken at the Oriskany's recommissioning following a two year yard period.
NEWS SECTION
- Washington Bulletin
by Harold Helfer 3
Latest from the Pentagon and Capitol Hill - Bulletin Board of Naval Interest
by Our Navy Reporters 11
With bluejackets ashore and afloat and from coast to coast. - Navy Sports Through the Long Glass
by Fred Thornberry 30
ho won what, when, and where.
ARTICLES
- U.S. Sailors Visit Hong Kong
by David Strickler 24
An illustrated description of a fabulous city . - Fatter Bodies and Fatter Heads
by Harold B. Rice 26
Americans are getting bigger and bigger, weaker and weaker. - The Lost Art of The Sea Story
by Dan Whelpley 32
The more sophisticated we get. the fewer become our pleasures.
FICTION
- The Sudden Fall of Mighty Joe
by R. N. Sheridan 28
He was a terror to everyone who crossed his path, except for one.
DEPARTMENTS
- Speaking of Cars 31
- Contacts & Swaps 45
- Salt Shakers 44
- Notes of Interest 46
- Editorial 48
Editor: Frank Uhlig, Jr.
Assistant Editor: Dean Campbell
Circulation Manager: Chris J. Lund.
Contributing Editors: Harry Dwyer (Sports), Walt Munson, Charles M.
Hatcher, Harold Helfer (Washington), Vic Rendina
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Owen Watson, President; Paul R. Watson, General Manager.
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Entire contents copyrighted, 1959, by OUR NAVY, Inc.
