MID-SEA SWINGFEST especially on a troop laden Coast Guard manned transport when there's little to break the monotomy of eating and sleeping on the long trip over. Hundreds of soldiers - perhaps that friend you saw away on the train - pack themselves, sardine-style, on the aft deck of this Coast Guard manned ship to hear a program by the popular Coast Guard orchestra. These men will soon hit the invasion trail to Berlin.
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