References made to issues of ALL HANDS prior to the June 1945 issue apply to this magazine under its former name, the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin.

ALL HANDS

THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL INFORMATION BULLETIN

AUGUST 1945	NAVPERS-O	NUMBER 341
VICE ADMIRAL RANDALL JACOBS, USN The Chief of Naval Personnel REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM M. FECHTELER, USN The Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Page
Operation Beachhead	2
Building for Peace	6
Our Growing Mercy Fleet	8
They Return to Fight	12
3d Year: Waves Number 86,000	16
Bomrons Over Biscay	18
After the War-School?	21
Paper Bombs	24
Japs Do Give Up	26
Ration Rules for Naval Personnel	28
Battle Stars Listed	29
Along the Road to Tokyo	30
Navy Dailies, Weekly Starting	32
New Books in Ships' Libraries	33
Coast Guard Marks 155th Year	34
Magazine Digest	36
Letters to the Editor	38
The Month's News	40
Decorations and Citations	55
The Bulletin Board	65
What's Your Naval I.Q.?	69
Month's Alnavs in Brief	76
'All Thumbs'	79
Fantail Forum	80

 

THIS MONTH'S COVERS

• FRONT COVER: A seaman and the Commander-inChief chat at the crew's mess table aboard the USS Augusta, which carried President Truman to Europe for the Potsdam Conference. The sailor is Richard Stowell, S1c, of Yonkers, N. Y. See page 47 for story and other photographs (Official U. S. Navy photograph).
• ABOVE: An aircraft carrier between war missions rides at anchor in a large Pacific harbor. Avengers, with folded wings are spotted forward on the big ships flight deck (Ofiicial U. S. Navy photograph).
• PICTURE OF THE MONTH (back inside cover): Rockets' red glare frames the Stars and Stripes in assault on Balikpapan, Borneo. For details of the picture turn to page 69 (Official U. S. Navy photograph).

 

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