Show Coast Guard Spreads Good Will Photogenic Ph II v y s f r rf f q f I r I I S i 5 5 4 y 4 9 It- It t. t S S S 4 d ay F y 5 h q 1 r a 1 9 f fL S 9 L Atik N f V rj i Officers Officer's and visitors on board the Itasca in La Libertad Salvador do a Paul Jones At left is Commander Reed Hill of Washington D. D C. C advisory officer on the cruise will Good-will by the has just been let loose loose- on Central America Latest neighborly ge gesture of Uncle S Sam m toward the folks sou south th of the border was completed by the Itasca tasca foot coastguard coast guard cutter and the Pandora coast guard pa patrol patrol patrol pa- pa boat spreading goodwill goodwill good good- goodwill will along both sides of Central Central Central Cen Cen- America Their job was to show off off- the activities of of the peacetime peace peace- time time- time operating coast guard and nd to cultivate new friends for the United States Every man and officer did his job well well and and incidentally incidentally incidentally tally managed to have a heap of fun along the way Breeches buoy and capsize drills were standard shows in m every port Occasionally overboard man-overboard exercises and official movies of th the coast coastguard coastguard coastguard guard in action were thrown throw in in The enlisted men found plen plenty y of opportunity to mix with the natives Baseball basketball and rifle competition competition compe compe- titi n with local teams usually usual usual- ly broke the ice ice For the officers there w were ere cocktail il parties receptions |