Coxswain Mack A. Shippey of Flint, Michigan. Coxswain Mack A. Shippey, 26 year old Coast Guardsman of Flint, Michigan, returned to this country after serving in the South Pacific where he made six trips to Guadalcanal. On the first trip he was in charge of a landing boat on the original invasion. After bringing his charges ashore he spent two months on the island, and was removed when he was stricken with malaria. Reassigned to his old ship, he made five more trips to the island in the months that followed. Shippey was one of thirteen Coast Guardsmen serving aboard a Navy destroyer for the pur
Coxswain Mack A. Shippey of Flint, Michigan. Coxswain Mack A. Shippey, 26 year old Coast Guardsman of Flint, Michigan, returned to this country after serving in the South Pacific where he made six trips to Guadalcanal. On the first trip he was in charge of a landing boat on the original invasion. After bringing his charges ashore he spent two months on the island, and was removed when he was stricken with malaria. Reassigned to his old ship, he made five more trips to the island in the months that followed. Shippey was one of thirteen Coast Guardsmen serving aboard a Navy destroyer for the purpose of handling landing boats.
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