AA Afloat

ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY AA members known as Internationalists are now registered with General Service Headquarters. They have their own Directory and their letters come in to GSH from every part of the globe. They are men at sea. They write from ships at sea or from ports all the way from Bangor to Bangkok. Captain Jack, the first of this little band of wandering AAs, describes how the name Internationalists came into use: "It started in the Far East and at first was known as the 'Far East Internationalists,' later shortened at the suggestion of one of the members. The word is commonly used in foreign countries, applied to a person having something in common with two or more countries. Surely a seaman has those qualifications." Here is their story, told through letters and early "Internationalist Bulletins.". . .