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

Publication: July 1973

General Note: The Lesson of Vietnam by Capt. John E. Greenbacker, USN (Ret.) - In light of its bitter experience in Vietnam, should America now pull back from its position in the island chain of the Western Pacific and along the Asian littoral?

Youth and the U.S. Navy by Clark G. Reynolds
Marine Helicopters: Stunted Growth by Maj. Jac D. Watson, USMC - In Korea, the "bird" seemed born to the battlefield - transporting, supplying, patrolling, evacuating the Marines. But Vietnam showed only that the ageing bird had learned few new tricks.

An Interview With John T. Mason, Jr. Director of Oral History by John T. Mason, Jr.
Stability in the Persian Gulf by Col. Victor J. Croizat, USMC (Ret.)
P.R. - "... As Others See Us" by Cdr. Joseph M. Palmer, Royal Navy (Ret.)
Incident in the Nanpo Shoto by Rear Adm. Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.)

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The Old Navy
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Book Reviews
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Professional Notes
Notebook

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Citation: Proceedings, 999Serial46079. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Serial46079, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 999Serial46079, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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