The Admirals Look 'em Over. When you have not one but two admirals together you have, according to Coast Guard and Navy parlance, a "whale of a lot of gold braid." Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche (left), Commandant of the Coast Guard, and Rear Admiral James Pine, superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., confer at New London after conducting an inspection of the Coast Guard Academy cadets. Following the completion of their training the cadets are to be commissioned as Coast Guard officers for combat duty at sea aboard Coast Guard convoy cutters, combat transports or


The Admirals Look 'em Over. When you have not one but two admirals together you have, according to Coast Guard and Navy parlance, a "whale of a lot of gold braid." Vice Admiral Russell R. Waesche (left), Commandant of the Coast Guard, and Rear Admiral James Pine, superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn., confer at New London after conducting an inspection of the Coast Guard Academy cadets. Following the completion of their training the cadets are to be commissioned as Coast Guard officers for combat duty at sea aboard Coast Guard convoy cutters, combat transports or other invasion craft.


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