All Hands Magazine - Bikini Exodus - April 1946
THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL INFORMATION BULLETIN
APRIL 1946 NAVPERS-O NUMBER 349
VICE ADMIRAL LOUIS E. DENFELD, USN
The Chief of Naval Personnel
REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS L. SPRAGUE, USN
The Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Eyes North 2
- Higher Pay on Its Way? 8
- 'Shaking Down' to Rio 10
- Backstage at Bikini 14
- Navigating by Loran 18
- Atom ABCs 21
- Baffin' the Breeze on the 7 Seas 28
- Speeding the Words of War 30
- Rendezvous With a Bomb 34
- Letters to the Editor 38
- The Month's News 40
- Decorations and Citations 55
- Books: Working of Jap Mind 62
- The Enlisted Reserve 63
- THE WORD 64
- The Bulletin Board 66
- Discharge Scores Drop 66
- Mail Service Headaches 68
- Transportation for Dependents 70
- Retirement Boards Set Up 72
- Officer Strength Increase 74
- Family Allowance and USN(T)s 76
- All Thumbs 79
- Fantail Forum 80
FRONT COVER: Natives of Bikini Atoll leave their village homes, carrying household goods, to board LSTs as preparations are made for the first peacetime test of the atom bomb at the Pacific island.
INSIDE FRONT COVER: Basking on Hoover Beach near Apra Harbor, the port of embarkation from Guam. When sun gets too hot, men can retreat under the sunshade pavilion. Separatees pass hours here while awaiting transportation home.
INSIDE BACK OVER: It's snowjackets for bluejackets of the USS Juneau as they stand at attention during commissioning ceremonies at the New York Naval Shipyard 16 February. The new 6000-ton light cruiser replaces her namesake, sunk off Guadalcanal in 1942.
CREDITS: Front cover and inside back cover, Press Association, Inc.; at left, official U. S. Navy photograph. On pp. 40.41: upper left, Press Association, Inc.; upper right, official U. S. Navy photograph; lower left, Acme; lower right, Press Association, Inc.
