The Coast Guard Comes to "Happy's" Aid. Acting as if he were aware of the Coast Guard's efforts to protect seals, this seal, dubbed "Happy," was at once docile and friendly when picked up by crew members of a Coast Guard manned combat transport somewhere in the South Pacific. While ferrying troops as a coxswain of a landing boat, Francis P. Sargent, seaman first class, of Erie, Pennsylvania, sighted seal. It appeared to be injured and he brought it aboard. Coast Guard pharmacists' mates soon discovered a cut fin and "Happy" is now well on the road to recovery.

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Keywords: 17-a2-187, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg