Marine Safety - World War II
Scanned from U.S. Coast Guard at War, Vol. 13, Marine Inspection (pg. 34). Captain reads: "TWO HIGH RANKING COAST GUARD OFFICERS CAPTAIN H. C. SHEPHEARD, LEFT, CHIEF OF THE COAST GUARD'S MERCHANT MARINE INSPECTION DIVISION AND HIS ASSISTANT, COMMANDER R. E. COOMBS, DISPLAY SOME OF THE LIFECRAFT EQUIPMENT DESIGNED TO HELP MERCHANT SEAMEN FORCED TO ABANDON SHIP."