"Negro assault troops await orders D-day to attack enemy shortly after they had come ashore at Saipan in the Marianas." |
"Coast Guardsmen Aught Guttery, Jr. first class Steward's Mate is shown aboard the Coast Guard-manned assault transport on which he served during the initial landings at Guam." |
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"Coast Guardsmen Charles Tyner, Fireman first class, examines the jagged shrapnel hole in the helmet he wore during the initial assault on the beaches of Southern France. Tyner suffered just a superficial scratch." |
"Two Coast Guard officers brave the wintry blasts of snow aboard a Coast Guard cutter on the North Atlantic patrol. The officers who give their cheery greetings despite the icy weather are Lt.(jg) Clarence Samuels and Ens. J.J. Jenkins." |
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