stirred discontent. The crew of the only patrol craft that sank a German submarine during World War II saw their presidential-citation-winning efforts turned into what a newspaper columnist described as "a comedy of errors". Jo Coppola wrote in Newsday that the men involved said the facts and circumstances were not shown correctly. Columnist Hal Humphrey described the first two episodes of the series as having excellent production quality but needing a higher quality of writing. He described some of the lines as "very trite and corny dialogue". A review in The New York Times of the first ABC episode said, "Action shots in the later part of the half hour were exciting and graphic, but the acting and dialogue in general were rather routine." An unsigned review in the trade publication Broadcasting noted that the program needed "a firmer hand at editing" to avoid elements that appeared amateurish.. Syndication CBS Television Film Sales released episodes of Navy Log in two 52-episode packages that local stations could run over two years. Notable guest stars Philip Ahn as General Chen in "Operation Typewriter" (1956) John Archer as the Skipper in the episode "Hiya Pam" (1955) Raymond Bailey as Lieutenant Fenton in "Operation Typewriter" (1956) Scotty Beckett as Ensign in "Survive" (1957) Edward Binns and Paul Picerni in "The Phantom of the Blue Angels" (1955) Ray Boyle in "Bucket of Sand" (1956) and as Reed in "The Beach Pounders" (1957) Paul Burke as Sparks in "Sky Pilot" (1955) Phyllis Coates as Marge in "Web Feet" (1956) Russ Conway as Commander Loomis in "A Day for a Stingray" (1956) Walter Coy as Col. Jack Connors in "Destination - 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW" (1956) and "The Lady and the Atom" (1957) Francis De Sales in the role of naval officers in "Operation Three-In-One" (1955) and "Get Back Somehow" (1956) Don Devlin as Bob Levine in "Ninety Day Wonder" (1956) Mason Alan Dinehart as Marly in "Joe Foss, Devilbird" (1957). This episodes focuses on the World War II hero Joe Foss, later the governor of South Dakota and an American sportsman. Benson Fong as Colonel Huam in "Operation Typewriter" (1956) Dean Fredericks as DeMarco in "War of the Whale Boats" (1957) Ron Hagerthy as Johnny Fletcher in "Ninety Day Wonder" (1956), as Jimmy Milano in "The Lady and the Atom" (1957), and as Swenson in "The Draft Dodger" (1958) Gloria Henry as Eileen Murphy in "The