German Prisoners aboard a Coast Guard-manned Transport. A Coast Guard boatswain's mate introduces German prisoners to the intricacies of trying a favorite seaman's knot—a bowline on a bight. The Nazi soldiers, captured in the Normandy offensive, picked up a good deal of nautical knowledge on their way to internment in the States aboard this Coast Guard-manned transport.

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Size: 4836px × 3909px
Photo credit: © NB/USC / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 17-a2-170, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg