A Coast Guard Command Changes Hands. In a dockside ceremony at a West Coast port, Coast Guard Captain Merlin O'Neill (left) turns over the command of a Coast Guard-manned assault transport to Captain Henry C. Perkins. Captain O'Neill, speaking before hundreds of Coast Guard officers and enlisted men, praised his crew for loyalty and efficiency in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Makin Island, and Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls. Captain Perkins responded, "There's a big job ahead to maintain this ship's outstanding record." Mrs. O'Neill's home is in Norfolk, Va, while Mrs. Perkins lives in
A Coast Guard Command Changes Hands. In a dockside ceremony at a West Coast port, Coast Guard Captain Merlin O'Neill (left) turns over the command of a Coast Guard-manned assault transport to Captain Henry C. Perkins. Captain O'Neill, speaking before hundreds of Coast Guard officers and enlisted men, praised his crew for loyalty and efficiency in the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Makin Island, and Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls. Captain Perkins responded, "There's a big job ahead to maintain this ship's outstanding record." Mrs. O'Neill's home is in Norfolk, Va, while Mrs. Perkins lives in Dayton, Wash.
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