Fletcher Pratt

From the buttle reports coming back from Korea, civilians have drawn the picture of American firepower sometimes wielded by a few men widely spaced and opposed to huge, massed attacks. The nature of war has changed, and how profound is that change is demonstrated in this article bv FLETCHER PRATT, military expert and author of histories dealing with the two World Wars. I he technician tvho pulls the trigger today is much more of a professional than the regular infantryman of 1918. it is a matter of trainingbut training takes time.

We have all heard of the extraordinary daring of the American submarine commanders in their raids against Japanese shipping. But the actual box score was not disclosed, and not until recently has the public begun to realize that the performance of American torpedoes in the Pacific must stand as one of the great all-time failures of American ordinance. Why this was so and how it was remedied is now recounted by FLETCHER PRATT, widely known as a commentator and author of many military and naval histories dealing with the two world wars.