Coast Guard in Alaska. This Coast Guard Port Security fireboat at Ketchikan, Alaska, demonstrates its technique of quenching blazes of this type. Wharf fires are a serious menace to the war effort and this Coast Guard outfit has had actual experience fighting them in Alaska. The chemical warfare department of the Coast Guard created the realistic effect by setting off smoke pots.

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Keywords: 17-a2-171, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg