Nation's No. 2 Tennis Star with Coast Guard in Pacific. Coast Guard Ensign Jack Kramer, National Doubles Tennis Champion in 1940 and 1941 and ranking No. 2 Singles Player of the nation when he enlisted in the Coast Guard in October, 1942, is serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST in the Far Pacific. Ensign Kramer was with the amphibious forces that swept the beaches of New Guinea and later struck into the Philippines. Kramer, who entered the service as a "boot" and later took an Officer training course at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., aims to return to amateur tennis aft
Nation's No. 2 Tennis Star with Coast Guard in Pacific. Coast Guard Ensign Jack Kramer, National Doubles Tennis Champion in 1940 and 1941 and ranking No. 2 Singles Player of the nation when he enlisted in the Coast Guard in October, 1942, is serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned LST in the Far Pacific. Ensign Kramer was with the amphibious forces that swept the beaches of New Guinea and later struck into the Philippines. Kramer, who entered the service as a "boot" and later took an Officer training course at the U. S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., aims to return to amateur tennis after the war and has set his sights on winning the National Singles Championship. His home is in Browning, Montana.
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