There are no evergreen boughs on this Christmas tree on the forecastle of a Coast Guard cutter somewhere in the Pacific, but there are Christmas smiles on the faces of Coast Guardsmen as they open gift packages from home. For once, the old familiar swab finds them in high spirits as they use it for a tree. In the group, from left to right, are: Ship’s Cook Second Class Hubert M. Gray (of Americus, KS); Quartermaster Third Class Wayne Wagner (of Washington, IA); Watson Waelher (of Fond du Lac, WI); Herbert Bonin (top, of Newport, RI); and Ray Boller (of Chicago, IL).
U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive
