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Vol. 1 No. 45
Cover: Invader – Boatswain’s Mate Merle Ver Berkamos of Grand Haven, Mich., is the skilled coxswain of an invasion boat. …….. Coast Guard Issue ……. Articles Inside:
The Invaders – The Coast Guard crews, who do an expert job of landing boatloads of invading soldiers and marines under fire on foreign enemy shores, learned their stuff as Surfmen at peacetime lifesaving stations. By Allen Churchill Y3c
Guard Your Coast Mister? – They’ve Been Watching the Beaches Since 1790. By Sgt. Frank De Blois with pirate illustrations by Sgt. Ralph Stein
Yanks at Home and Abroad
Army Stevedores in Iran Use Sign Language To Pass Ammunition Along to Russia . By Sgt. Al Hine
They Started Off Light Breakfast With Thick, Rare T-Bone Steaks
Thoughts In a London Blackout: Things Like This Make War Hell! By Pvt. Ed L. Hanbridge
Meet the Guys Who Saved You, Sergeant by Sgt. Georg N. Meyers; Albert Klettke of Ritzville, Wash. Aldrich, Huffhines
Coast Guard Convoy – Daily routine on a convoy cutter ( USCG Cutter Campbell ) is tough, as shown in these films, but the excitement that comes from a fight with a U-boat wolf pack makes it worthwhile.
Invasion of Norway? – Growing power of Norwegians, who are determined to retake their country from the Nazis, has Adolf Hitler worried
The Coast Guard ( Photo Pages )
The Sad Sack “Sympathy” By Sgt. George Baker
The Poets Cornered
Message Center
Words Across the Sea
Mail Call
YANK Pin-up Girl: Doris Merrick
Swing in Wartime
G.I. Crossword Puzzle By Cpl. J. J. Gayer
Tee-Total
Checker Strategy
Company Street
Log of Duty – Drawings aboard a Coast Guard Cutter by Chief Specialist John L. Floherty, Jr.
News From Home – A Round-Up of the Week Back in the States
Bomber Little Butch and Tommy Harmon; Lew Jenkins; Bob Feller; Rosemary Blackbourn
The Post Exchange
From Zoot Suit to Boot Suit. By Roy (Salty) Sedley S1c
Sports: Dodger fan returns from Coast Guard duty in Algiers to play left field with his bums. By Sgt. Frank De Blois
Sport Service Record
Cartoons