WWII LIFE Magazine December 14, 1942 Coast Guard Skipper Maurice Jester WPC-110

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WWII LIFE Magazine December 14, 1942 Coast Guard Skipper Maurice Jester WPC-110
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Maurice Jester enlisted in the Coast Guard as a Surfman in 1917, working his way up to Chief Boatswain's Mate by 1935 while serving on five cutters. Commissioned as a Lieutenant and promoted to Lieutenant Commander, he was the first Coast Guardsman to earn the Navy Cross in World War II, and the first Coast Guard Officer to receive the award for a combat action in direct confrontation with enemy forces.
He was awarded the Navy Cross
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Life Magazine Cover
: Coast guard skipper, Maurice Jester recently awarded the Navy Cross.
Pearl Harbor damage revealed.
15,000 soldiers at Camp Roberts, California attend Thanksgiving service.
Wow – nice full page color Navy Recruiting ad with pilot and Corsair fighter plane.
Newsreel cameraman gets detailed pictures of bombing of Aircraft Carrier.
Battle of Santa Cruz, October 25-6.
Boston night club fire – record death toll reaches 492
(See also
LIFE December 7, 1942
).
Jap Pacific islands are perfect defense bases.
Joint United Nations planning keeps our convoys moving.
Airpower – an airman’s view of how it can win the war.
Close-up – Gypsy Rose Lee.
Photo essay – US Coast Guard.
Photo essay – Shepheard’s hotel in Cairo.
Artist Noel Sickles shows how enemy tanks can be destroyed.
V-mail, Army’s microfilm mail service.
Children spread Christmas cheer with home-made gifts.
Soldiers put pet names on weapons.
Italy begins to crack up.
An Army wedding at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Donald Brattain and Frances Vasconcellos.
Cute full page Red Heart dog food ad.
Cool full page color Navy recruiting ad.
Lots of Christmas related ads.
Humorous photo of Paul McFaddin dressed as coed