Fore 'n' Aft" was a magazine produced for employees/staff of Permanente Metals Corporation, Kaiser Company, Inc. and Kaiser Cargo, Inc., in Richmond, California, especially during World War II. The magazine (this one with an image of Adml. Chester Nimitz on the cover) was full of safety information, patriotic stories ("Told Hitler Off," "Our Second Front"), human interest stories ("Sports"), and in-house information about welders, "Tool Room - School Room," and the women who Christened ships at the yards. Mrs. Mary L. Chinn, donor, is one of the women pictured in this issue for having been the sponsor of the John E. Wilkie when it was launched on July 8, 1943. Subjects: Kaiser Cargo, Inc., permanente metals corporation, Chester W. Nimitz, Curley Scheer, Red Atterman, Mrs. Fred M. Hamby, S.S. Floyd B. Olson, Miss Ann Brokaw, S.S.Leonidas Merritt, Mrs. W. B. Johnston, S.S. Francis G. Newlands, Mrs. R. C. Waddell, S.S. Ambrose Bierce, Mrs. Claire C. Wells, S.S. John S. Sargent, Mrs. J. A. Williamson, S.S. Charles Robinson, Mrs. C. R. Kinman, S.S. Increase A. Lapham, Miss Caroline Moreell, S.S. Clarence King, Mrs. Joseph Wilson, S.S. William Prouse, Mrs. George T. Cameron, S.S. M. H. de Young, Mrs. Mary Lew Chinn, Mary Chinn, S.S. John E. Wilkie, Marie Riggen, Harold Doell, "Cookie" Iacini, "Dobby" Dobson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nicholl Park, Oakland Oaks Baseball Team, Hob Ferguson, Christine Kourafas, Fred Firchow, Marlin Davies, Al Goss, Bill Koplin, U.S.S. Tacoma, Tex Goble, Jim McCormick, Bob Weiland, Mrs. A. Bergersen, Peralta Hospital, Bill Ball, Leola Ball, Mrs. Ida Curran