PHOTO GALLERY No. 6

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Comedian Bon Hope poses with U.S. Coast Guard SPARS during World War Two. Hope traveled the world with the USO.

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It's all hands on deck for this revenue cutter crew and the ship's mascot. Looks like a goat. The name of the cutter and the date of the photo are unknown.

Civilian ships went to war in the U.S. Coast Guard during World War Two, including the luxury liner SS Pan America of the Munson Steamship Lines. It was converted into an attack transport, renamed USS Hunter Ligget APA-14 and landed troops at the amphibious invasions of Guadalcanal and Bougainville. 

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Training has been a cornerstone of the U.S. Guard Auxiliary from the start. This 1943 photo from Boston shows volunteer Harry Whitten explaining the workings of the ignition system of a marine engine.

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Emlen Tunnell, the first African American to play for the NFL's New York Giants, served in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War Two. Tunnell was posthumously awarded the Coast Guard Silver Lifesaving Medal in 2021. He rescued a crewmate set ablaze during a Japanese aerial attack on the combat freighter USS Etamin.