The Foreign Service Journal, October 1942
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JT: <3L AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE VOL. 19. NO. 10 JOURNAL OCTOBER, 1942 ■% - * i YOU CAN RELY ON AIRCRAFT ENGINES The smooth, even purr of the twin Lycoming engines powering this Curtiss transitional trainer is re-echoed throughout the country ... in training planes in the Army, Navy and Civilian Pilot Training Program. This dependable, vibration-free operation of Lycom- ing-power plants, through countless grueling hours in the air, has led experienced pilots and mechanics to refer to Lycoming as the smoothest of aircraft engines. Lycom¬ ing’s leadership in powering America’s training planes is built upon time-tested, proved dependability. Free literature on request showing all the various series of Lycoming radial and horizontally opposed aircraft engines and picturing many of the Lycom¬ ing-powered airplanes. Write Department J 102. THE TRAINING PLANE Contractors to the U. S. Army and Navy ENGINE OF TODAY . THE PRIVATE PLANE LYCOMING DIVISION, THE AVIATION CORPORATION ENGINE OF TOMORROW WILLIAMSPORT, PA. CONTENTS OCTOBER, 1942 Cover Picture U. S. Marine paratrooper descending. See page 571. j>ren?ier The United States Marine Corps By Brigadier General Robert L. Denig, VSMC.... 525 * FOOD PRODUCTS Commonly Used Abbreviations 528 Claims for Personal Losses 529 Office of War Information 580 V\ 1 HEREVER you go through¬ Efficiency Reports out the world you can enjoy By The Hon. Joseph C. Grew 532 PREMIER FOOD PRODUCTS. Tokyo Staff Photo 534 Let them follow you by availing The Voyage of the Gripsholm yourself of Francis H. Leggett & By Frank P. Lockhart 535 Company’s PERSONALIZED INotes About Peru EXPORT SERVICE developed By George H. Butler 538 solely for the convenience of for¬ Reunion from Athens 541 eign service officers and their Editors’ Column 542 families. The Riddle of Mr. Bendiner Not only will you enjoy the finest By Henry S. 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PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION VOL. 19, No. 10 WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER, 1942 The United States Marine Corps “Soldiers of the Sea” By BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT L. DENIG, U.S.M.C. ft | 7* IRST TO FIGHT!” has been the proud byword Because the Marine Corps has been, and certainly of the Marine Corps during all the 167 years still is, a small self-contained army of sea-fighters, of its valiant history. fully equipped to fight in any climate regardless of World War II had scarcely begun for America terrain, its men are intensely trained in all phases of when the whole nation was aware that the Marines sea, land and air warfare. were living up to their heritage of being always Its special spheres of activity in the operational ready and always faithful. picture of American armed services at war include At Wake, Pearl Harbor, Bataan and in the Solo¬ four major functions: mon Islands, the Japs learned to fear the fighting 1. The primary mission of the modern Marines is fury of the Leatherneck Corps, just as all enemies to act as an accompanying land force for the of the United States have. And, as the war pro¬ fleet in naval warfare. gresses, the Marines will tell our enemies in cold 2. In addition to being an accompanying expedi¬ steel why the Devil Dogs are first on land, sea tionary force for the fleet, the Marines establish and air. and fortify land bases from which the fleet can Although only approximately 64,000 strong when operate. the Japanese struck, the Corps had more than 3. Marines help to “fight” the ships of the fleet as doubled its strength by June of 1942. members of the Marine guard aboard capital Because the Marine Corps is a professional body ships in manning secondary batteries, such as of fighters, a tremendous amount of its time during the antiaircraft guns. the years since World War I has been spent in in¬ 4. Marine forces serve as garrisons for the differ¬ tensive training, developing and experimenting with ent Navy yards and naval establishments within its weapons and methods.