IF YOU READ:

You will find "Toward a New Order of Sea Power" by H. Fe Me Sprout, Princeton
University Press (1940) to be a stimulating presentation of the role of sea power in
the modern world. It begins with Mahan's sea power interpretation of history, reviews
the power politics of the Pacific, the two conferences of limitation and ends with a
prophetic chapter on a new order in sea power. It is written in words from a civilian's
vocabulary.

The Navy Answers Your Questions

HAS THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A LIST OF APPROVED SCHOOLS WHICH VETERANS MAY
ATTEND UNDER THIS BILL?

Veterans may attend any accredited school recognized by the department of education
in the state where the school is located. Permission has also been granted by
Veterans Administration for ex-service personnel to attend recognized schools in
foreign countries.

IS THE BRITISH FLEET IN USE IN THE PACIFIC?

The Navy has no comment other than that has already been announced that the
British Fleet will operate with the United States Fleet in the Pacific. The tactical
use of any fleet or portion thereof is a matter of security.

WHAT IS NAVY DIRECTIVE RELATING TO DRAFT OR RELEASE FROM SERVICE OF AN ONLY
SURVIVING SON?

Navy regulation is that when a family has lost two or more sons in service,
consideration is given to return to, or retention in, the continental United
States of a sole surviving son except when he is engaged in non-hazardous
duties overseas. “

WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF NEGRO WAVES? WHERE TRAINED?

As of 24 February 1945 there were 45 Negro WAVES in service, which includes two
officers. Enlisted girls trained at NIS, the Bronx, N. Y. (Hunter); Officers at
NRMS, Northhampton, Mass.

WHAT ARE THE TOTAL CASUALTY FIGURES FOR THE NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD SINCE
DECEMBER 7, 1941?

The total announced to date is 91,520, which breaks down by services and classi-
fications as followss$

 

PRISONERS
DEAD WOUNDED MISSING OF WAR TOTALS
U.S.N. 24,097 13,165 9,545 2,978 48,985
U.S M.Ce 10,442 28,221 883 1,889 41,435
U.SeCeG. 598 210 292 0 1,100
55,157 41,596 10,520 4,267 91,520

Several times as many Navy men have been killed in action during the present war

as in all previous wars of the United States combined. Naval losses in all the

wars from the Revolution through World War I amounted to 4,232 killed in action.

Only 422 men were lost in World War I, while the total in the Civil War was 2,177.

277 men were lost in the Spanish American War, 259 of these going down with the

U.S.S. MAINE. The remaining losses were in the early battles of the Revolution
and the War of 1812.

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