Coast Guard Sub-sinker at Home. Lieut. Commander Maurice D. Jester, U. S. Coast Guard, tells his family in Miami, Fla., how the 165-foot Coast Guard cutter Icarus, under his command, sank a German U-boat off the Carolina coast and took 33 Germans prisoner. Lieut. Commander Jester was awarded the Navy Cross for his exploit. From left to right are: Mrs. Robert W. Walsh of Miami, a daughter; her husband, Chief Boatswain's Mate Walsh, now serving aboard a Coast Guard cutter; Mrs. Jester; Lieut. Commander Jester; Mrs. Marcia L. Cinque of Staten Island, N. Y., a daughter, and the family dog, Pat.
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Keywords: 17-a2-218, 26-, coast, guard, history, job, rdss, rg