Biographical information; LBJ's Naval Commission; Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ military service overseas; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Forrestal; LBJ and John Connally; Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy; LBJ investigations of Navy Department; shipbuilding operations; contractor, etc.; Bird as congressional liaison; Bird as naval aide to LBJ; LBJ and blacks; LBJ as VP; LBJ and Truman; Bay of Pigs; LBJ and Adenauer