Coast Guard Invaders at Wakde Island. These four Coast Guard invaders served aboard one of 12 Coast Guard-manned LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) which hit the beach and helped smash bitter Jap resistance on the beach of Wakde Island off Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, on May 18. Their LST shows in the left background as it pours out heavy fighting equipment. The four Coast Guardsmen, one of whom holds a long Jap knife, are left to right: Long, coxswain, of Detroit, Mich.; Greenleaf, chief boatswain's mate, of Boothbay, Me.; Rainier, signalman first class, of Philadelphia, PA.; and Vaugh

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Coast Guard Invaders at Wakde Island. These four Coast Guard invaders served aboard one of 12 Coast Guard-manned LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) which hit the beach and helped smash bitter Jap resistance on the beach of Wakde Island off Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, on May 18. Their LST shows in the left background as it pours out heavy fighting equipment. The four Coast Guardsmen, one of whom holds a long Jap knife, are left to right: Long, coxswain, of Detroit, Mich.; Greenleaf, chief boatswain's mate, of Boothbay, Me.; Rainier, signalman first class, of Philadelphia, PA.; and Vaughn, machinist's mate first class, of San Antonio, Texas.

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Keywords: 17-a2-212, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg