Photograph of Coast Guardsman Henry Richmond, Jr. Holding "Camouflage", the Cat Mascot of His Coast Guard-manned Landing Ship. This Coast Guard Cat Needs Nine Lives - He Chases Jap Tracer Bullets. "Camouflage," the tiger cat mascot of a Coast Guard-manned LST, is a playful fellow. His idea of a rousing good time is to chase Jap tracer bullets, when they burn across the deck of his ship. A tracer would come ping and "Camouflage" would dart from one rail to the other in hot, if futile, pursuit. All this occurred, the cat's Coast Guard shipmates swear, when Jap planes strafed the LST at Bougainvi
Photograph of Coast Guardsman Henry Richmond, Jr. Holding "Camouflage", the Cat Mascot of His Coast Guard-manned Landing Ship. This Coast Guard Cat Needs Nine Lives - He Chases Jap Tracer Bullets. "Camouflage," the tiger cat mascot of a Coast Guard-manned LST, is a playful fellow. His idea of a rousing good time is to chase Jap tracer bullets, when they burn across the deck of his ship. A tracer would come ping and "Camouflage" would dart from one rail to the other in hot, if futile, pursuit. All this occurred, the cat's Coast Guard shipmates swear, when Jap planes strafed the LST at Bougainville. The cat's antics in the heat of those grim moments relieved the tension of the crew. Here, "Camouflage," a thorough seagoing, wargoing cat, is shown with Coast Guardsman Henry Richmond, Jr., an invasion veteran, of Sheboygan, Wis.
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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
