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U.S. Coast Guard Officer Indoctrination Graduation. Men with rifles marching in straight lines on Castillo gundeck.

U.S. Coast Guard Office Indoctrination Ceremony. Men with rifles performing drill on the gundeck of the Castillo de San Marcos.

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

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. Army camp with four large tents and the front of an Army truck. Castillo de San Marcos visible in the background.

U.S. Army camp on north grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos. Tents, trucks and covered trailers visible from gundeck.

U.S Coast Guard Officer Indoctrination Ceremony. Officers and enlisted men standing at folding chairs in the Castillo courtyard. A few men walking to lectern at front of group.

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.

Two ladies from SPARS sitting on the Loggia at the Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL

Chief Boatswain's Mate Max Fix (left) and Herman Lunebring (right) with channel bass 8-12 lbs. that they caught near St. Augustine. Max Fix was stationed in St. Augustine for several years as a Company Commander.