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General Note: For the Advancement of Professional, Literary, and Scientific Knowledge in the Navy

Publication: July 1954

General Note: U.S.S. Isherwood
This month's cover picture of a Fletcher-class destroyer was specially painted for the U. S. Naval Institute by Mr. Ernest J. Haas

The Meaning of Dien Bien Phu by His Excellency Maurice Dejean, Ambassador of France
The Merchant Marine of Panama as an American Asset by Vice Admiral Emory S. Land, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Planning Operation Anvil-Dragoon by Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Hoist Ahses or Something by David M. Robinson, Yeoman First Class, U. S. Navy
Why We Fought by Colonel W. F. Prickett, U. S. Marine Corps
Whither Germany? by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy (Retired)
The Promotion of Career Officers (Part II) by Commander Rexford V. Wheeler, Jr., U. S. Navy and Commander Sheldon H. Kinney, U. S. Navy
Military Bargain Basement by Chief Journalist John M. Wright, U. S. Navy
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Newport, Rhode Island by Captain Frederick L. Oliver, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Tugs and Pilots by Lieutenant J. D. Sloan, U. S. Navy
The French Navy Under Steam (Pictorial)

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