European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The honorable battleship discharge is awarded to those whose final rating is at least in proficiency and in conduct who have not been convicted by a general court martial or More than one summary until recently this discharge was reserved for those who served to the end of their enlistment duration plus but it has since been extended to in clude discharges for convenience of the gov mans own medical Survey not due to misconduct and disability whether or not in line of when disability is the result of action against an proficiency and con duct rating Marks May be personnel previously discharged under honorable conditions who deserve the battleship Dis charge under the changed ruling May apply to buyers to change their the under honorable conditions discharge is Given to those whose final rating is below in proficiency or in conduct or those who have been convicted by general court martial or More than one summary or by reason of disability due to own or for unsuitability or it is in the honorable class for anything there Are three yellow tickets in the Bottom bad conduct and dishonourable the Navy has announced a simple Point sys tem by which it expects to discharge approximately older officers and enlisted men this the plan establishes a Point credit Only for age and length of service and none for depend combat or it is not a general demobilization program similar to the Point sys tem under which the army is now discharging troops per but rather a Means of replacing with younger recruits older men not fitted for general under the which also affects the coast one Point will be Given for each four months of Active duty since september this score will be added to a mans age to de Termine his total for most officers and 53 Points will be necessary for some categories where there is still a shortage of personnel the required total score will be Reserve officers of the Supply corps will need 55 Points Reserve officers of the civil Engineer corps will need several classes will not be eligible at All for the time these include enlisted men of the regular Navy whose enlistments have not officers of the regular Navy except temporary officers with permanent enlisted members of the dental and chaplain and anyone declared and proved essential by his applications must be submitted individually to commanding officers and there May be a delay in their approval up to three months within the and six months this is to permit time to acquire and train effective the Navy estimated that the plan would make hat hunk of sophistication Over at the left hardly looks like it came from Snoqualmie Falls Wash but it just 24 years ago the name is Ella Raines and she is 5 feet weighs has Brown Green eyes and an acting ability that is getting her to the top of the Hollywood recent pictures re radios tall in the Saddle and Uncle eligible for release this year about enlisted commissioned and warrant officers of the Engineer corps and 600 Supply corps the plan May be amended from time to time in the Light of experience and As personnel shortages Are Over the minimum discharge age of an officer on Active duty since september under this is 36 for an inductee in the first draft Call it is it has not been revealed whether this system will be extended after the War for Gen eral demobilization or whether another system similar to the army will be Marine corps Point the Point system just announced by the Navy for discharge of older personnel will not apply to the Marine so far there has been no official announce ment of any Point system for the How the following memorandum from usic air Cherry dated 8 july 1945 May or May not indicate How the marines intend to handle this problem memorandum 6745 Marine discharge Point enlisted personnel desiring discharge May apply for same Only under the conditions set Forth herewith a said applicant must have a total of 100 Points or More in order to qualify for Dis b the application must be accompanied by the enforcing signature of the conv Mander All members of the applicants commanding his and All legitimate the aforesaid Point system will be computed according to the following schedule a one Point for each 4years enlistment performed b one Point for each participation in five major c one Point for each purple heart d one Point for each group of 10 e one Point for each lady Friend the lady does not include spooks or any other tropical or subtropical f one Point May be awarded for each participation in any of the following named engagements 1 Boxer 2 Spanish american 3 Battle of Bull 4 Boston Tea 5 engagement with the Tripoli deceased persons May apply Only in the event that proof is offered to the effect that the in question has no special aptitude which can be used to full advantage or in any other Way utilized by the Marine any Viola Tion of this ruling will result in immediate court martial of the any member of the corps who has lost All his extremities due to enemy action will be taken into consideration under certain extenuating Cir due to the laxity shown in this the applicant will be passed on by a special Board of review to be set up immediately upon the completion of the present in order to the applicant must have at least 32 have been awarded four 4 Good conduct medals and carry the order of the congressional medal of and be a member in Good standing in the Royal order of the if his commanding general sees fit to dispense with his he May upon request file application for any applicant who in the past 25 years has had cause to report to sick Bay automatically becomes disqualified for discharge unless his ail ment was such As to cause his by command of uss this title no longer May be used As the facetious designation of a Navy office building As it May be confused with one of the units of the navys crockery a flotilla made up entirely of Concrete built to con serve steel and bearing names such As uss the Green As they Are known to Navy Are not As efficient As Wood or steel ships and they cant take Sharp impacts such As bumping against piers and they were introduced during the first world War and were received with some but improvements have been made in their construction and they now serve As floating Supply depots in Mobile bases in the Western the faster cargo and provision ships make the run out to the advanced base where they Transfer their cargo to the crockery enabling them to return immediately to the for another Load without awaiting piecemeal discharge of their other Concrete ships Are being used As floating ice Cream Parlours for smaller ships such As submarine tugs and Small Landing Craft which previously had no Access to ice screening the main have been taking the Brunt of beating by suicide the winging South from would go after the first ships they sighted in Stead of continuing on to Richer Hunting at last the skipper of a Well battered can be came the ships sign Painter was summoned and half an hour later a huge red sign was unfurled for All approaching japs to see task Force 58 Twentyfive Miles straight Why Stop Here younger and less experienced enlisted men who wish to become naval aviators have an Opportunity for College training and a Chance for a commission under the naval aviation preparatory to the candidate should be under unmarried and agree to remain so until have a rating no higher than be a High school and have a High score on the general classification application should be made to the co under the terms of buyers circular letter Over 713 German submarines were sunk by the allies during the european at least 151 of them by american and the score undoubtedly goes higher because of the policy of requiring definite proof of a sinking before credit is during the last weeks of that War Ger Many made a frantic throwing a Formi Dable pack of boats into the Atlantic with or Ders to Blanket the East coast of the it didst James the former heavy weight has completed his Mission As offi cer in charge of the navys physical fitness pro Gram and has been returned to inactive Donald Nugent