RESERVIST
In th I s Issue
From our Readers 3
u p Front 4
e View from the Bridge 6
Deckplate s oundings 7
Around the Reserve 8
Reserve e xcellence 18
CGR 75th Anniversary 26
Integration 28
s ummerstock 34
s ector s t. Petersburg 40
s hipmates in Focus 46
A Light on Yesteryear 50
h eadquarters u pdate 53
e More You Know 54
Retiree s I t R e P 58
Bulletin Board 60
t aps 67
Parting s hots 68
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o n the Cover
A prototype RB-S II from
Station Oxford, Md. on patrol in
the Chesapeake Bay.
U.S. Coast Guard Photo
o n the Back
A Coast Guard Reserve boat
patrols the Kanawha River in
West Virginia in June 1943.
Photo by U.S. Farm Security Admin.