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The chemical warfare book features typed instructions and handwritten illustrations. This belonged to Jay Owens, former USCG member that trained in St. Augustine during WWII. 130 pages.

Two Coast Guard Reserves Trainees, one wearing a mask and the other looking down the barrel of his gun, appear to be inspecting their equipment, at the Hotel Ponce de Leon Training Center during WWII.

The families of the Coastguard Reserves trainees exit through the front gates of the Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL

U.S. Servicemen posed in the courtyard of the Castillo de San Marcos.

This newspaper article lists the Marine Studios employees who joined WWII, which branch of the military they served in, any medals received, and places traveled.

U.S servicemen standing on the Castillo de San Marcos gun deck, in front of the bell tower

U.S. servicemen standing on the gundeck of the Castillo de San Marcos, looking at the Matanzas Bay

U.S. servicemen pretending to fire a large iron cannon on the gundeck of the Castillo de San Marcos

U.S. Coast Guard Cavalryman on horseback on the grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos. The Coast Guard patrolled remote stretches of the Atlantic Coast, including NE Florida, on horseback. They often patrolled on foot and with dogs in the more urban…

U.S. Coast Guard Indoctrination Ceremony. Officers in dark uniforms standing at attention on the Castillo de San Marcos gundeck.