Portland Coast Guard Combat Artist Veteran of Philippine, Iwo Invasions. Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Milley Thomas, Chief Specialist, has returned to this country following his participation in the invasions of the Philippines and Iwo Jima. Serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport, Coast Guardsman Thomas survived a Jap suicide plane attack which took the lives of many of his shipmates. This scene and many others have been recorded in oil, watercolor, and charcoal by Thomas, whose home is in Portland, Maine. The Coast Guard combat artist is a winner of the President's medal a
Portland Coast Guard Combat Artist Veteran of Philippine, Iwo Invasions. Coast Guard Combat Artist Norman Milley Thomas, Chief Specialist, has returned to this country following his participation in the invasions of the Philippines and Iwo Jima. Serving aboard a Coast Guard-manned invasion transport, Coast Guardsman Thomas survived a Jap suicide plane attack which took the lives of many of his shipmates. This scene and many others have been recorded in oil, watercolor, and charcoal by Thomas, whose home is in Portland, Maine. The Coast Guard combat artist is a winner of the President's medal and the Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship.
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Keywords: 17-a2-218, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg
