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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

This is a document sent to W. Douglas Burden, the president of Marine Studios, alerting him to the fact that Marineland's Curator, Arthur McBride, has been given a 6 month deferment for joining the war so that Marineland can have time to find and…

This is a letter from Lieutenant David H. Quinn to Marineland Curator, Arthur McBride, about the method used for creating a container for shark repellent created by Marineland researchers for the US Navy as part of the shark repellent research…

This internal memo is between Marineland's 3 founders (W. Douglas Burden (President), Ilya Tolstoy (Vice President), and C.V. Whitney (Chairman of the Board) regarding a potential closure of Marineland due to WWII (loss of staff due to draft, loss of…

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.

This document provides a 6 month deferment for Arthur F. McBride (Marineland Curator) before joining the WWII effort so that Marineland can find a suitable replacement.

Marineland engaged in shark repellent research for the US Navy during WWII. This document is a letter regarding the physical structure for housing the repellent.

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