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

Publication: December 1954

General Note: Commodore Thomas Macdonough
This month's cover picture is reproduced from an oil painting by an unknown artist. The original painting is owned by Christ church, Boston, and is on permanent loan with the U. S. Naval Academy Museum

The River War in Indochina by Robert McClintock, U. S. Ambassador to Cambodia
"What! Me Ship Over!" - Enlisted Prize Essay, 1954 by Chief Quartermaster W. J. Miller, U. S. Navy
In Hoc Signo - Victory! by 1st Lieutenant William V. Kennedy, U. S. Air Force
The Japanese Decision for War by Louis Morton
A Naval Lesson of the Korean Conflict by Lieutenant Colonel Harry W. Edwards, U. S. Marine Corps
Civilian Control of the Armed Forces by Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Wermuth, U. S. Army
Plymouth Colony Beachhead by Rear Admiral S. E. Morison, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
Okinawa: A Key to the Western Pacific by Hyman Kublin
A Commander for China by Captain Richard O. Patterson, U. S. Naval Reserve
Helicopters in Review (Pictorial Section) by Lieutenant D. L. Small, U. S. Naval Reserve

Discussions, Comments, Notes
Book Reviews
Professional Notes
Secretary's Notes

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Citation: Proceedings, 999Serial45864. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Serial45864, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 999Serial45864, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive