Coast Guard Combat Artist Paints in the Battle Fields. Coast Guard Combat Artist Ralph Deburgos, Seaman First Class, of Silver Spring, Maryland, makes sketches on a shell-torn area of Leyte Island in the Central Philippines. He is shown here at the mouth of a Jap machinegun nest. Serving on a Coast Guard-manned LST, Deburgos participated in the initial landing operations on Leyte on A-Day under enemy artillery and sniper fire. His commanding officer cited Deburgos for creditably manning his station while his ship was under 17 air attacks of Dulag and Tacloban villages during which two planes w
Coast Guard Combat Artist Paints in the Battle Fields. Coast Guard Combat Artist Ralph Deburgos, Seaman First Class, of Silver Spring, Maryland, makes sketches on a shell-torn area of Leyte Island in the Central Philippines. He is shown here at the mouth of a Jap machinegun nest. Serving on a Coast Guard-manned LST, Deburgos participated in the initial landing operations on Leyte on A-Day under enemy artillery and sniper fire. His commanding officer cited Deburgos for creditably manning his station while his ship was under 17 air attacks of Dulag and Tacloban villages during which two planes were destroyed by the ship's batteries. Deburgos was born in Shanghai, China, and lived seven years in Japan in his youth. His art has been exhibited in New York in the past ten years.
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Keywords: 17-a2-218, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
