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Number 341
Cover: A seaman and the Commander-in-Chief 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). ……. Articles Inside: Operation Beachhead ….. Building for Peace ….. Our Growing Mercy Fleet ….. They Return to Fight ….. 3d Year: Waves Number 86,000 ….. Bomrons Over Biscay ….. After the War – School? ….. Paper Bombs ….. Japs Do Give Up ….. Ration Rules for Naval Personnel ….. Battle Stars Listed ….. Along the Road to Tokyo ….. Navy Dailies, Weekly Starting ….. New Books in Ships’ Libraries ….. Coast Guard Marks 155th Year ….. Magazine Digest ….. Letters to the Editor ….. The Month’s News ….. Decorations and Citations ….. The Bulletin Board ….. What’s Your Naval I.Q.? ….. Month’s Alnavs in Brief ….. ‘All Thumbs’ ….. Fantail Forum