Photograph of Sketch by Coast Guardsman Larry O'Toole. SWIMMING COAST GUARD KAYOES JAP. How a 23-year-old Coast Guard Invader swimming away from his torpedoed transport off Guadalcanal climaxed a struggle in the water with a Jap, who wanted his life jacket, with a stiff right to the Jap's jaw, is shown in the above dramatic sketch. The Coast Guard Invader is George T. Rhodes, machinist's mate, 2/c, of Awendaw, S. C., who was serving in the Coast Guard's landing barge division. Rhodes, now in the United States, was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart for being wounded in action. The sketch is
Photograph of Sketch by Coast Guardsman Larry O'Toole. SWIMMING COAST GUARD KAYOES JAP. How a 23-year-old Coast Guard Invader swimming away from his torpedoed transport off Guadalcanal climaxed a struggle in the water with a Jap, who wanted his life jacket, with a stiff right to the Jap's jaw, is shown in the above dramatic sketch. The Coast Guard Invader is George T. Rhodes, machinist's mate, 2/c, of Awendaw, S. C., who was serving in the Coast Guard's landing barge division. Rhodes, now in the United States, was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart for being wounded in action. The sketch is by Coast Guardsman Larry O'Toole.
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