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Sinbad, Coast Guard's (
Famous Mascot, Hero Of
War's Best Dog Story
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NEW YORK—The amazing ad-j
ventures of Sinbad. the mongrel |
mascot of the Coast Guard cutter 1
Campbell and one of the world’s
most famous dogs, have been col-1
lected into a book “Sinbad of the i
Coast Guard,” written by George
F. Foley, Jr., Chief Specialist!
USCGR, which will be published
this month of Dodd Mead and
Company.
Sinbad, who has served eight
years aboard the Campbell, and
is a legendary figure on the sev- j
en seas, is known around the
world from Greenland . . . where
he nearly caused an international
incident, to Africa where he was
the guest at the Sultan’s Palace.
He was in Tokyo a few days after
the signing of the terms by the
Japanese.
Probably the most decorated
dog in the services, Sinbad held
the rank of Chief Dog in the Coast j
Guard. Whenever he visits Ire
land, the Belfast newspaper runs
a notice in its columns. He stops
traffic whenever he comes to New;
York and Boston and has even ap- j
peared on network radio pro-;
grams.
The book tells the full story of
Sinbad’s exploits from the day he j
boarded the Campbell in 1937 un
til the heroic action by the cutter'
against the Nazi wolf pack when !
six U-boats were sent to the bot-!
tom. Sinbad’s part in this battle
made him a national hero.
The book also gives a complete
picture of life aboard a Coast
Guard cutter in war and peace,
for Sinbad is most at home when
just one of the gang riding out a
storm on the heaving deck of the
Campbell. A salty dog, Sinbad de
tests the reputation for greatness
he enjoys and prefers the bound
ing main and the rigors of life at
sea to any shore billet.
The author, who is Chief of the
Coast Guard Press Division in
New York, was an attorney and
writer before joining the Service.
He is a contributor to many lead- j
ing magazines and his stories have'
been distributed nationally by
King Features Syndicate. A na
tive of Teaneck, New Jersey, he
is the son of a distinguished editor
and publisher, and is a member of j
a family of writers.
The book is illustrated by1
George Gray, a Coast Guard Com
bat Artist, and one of the nation’s
leading muralists. He is listed in
“Who’s Who” as the country’s
leading historical muralist, and
has painted over 500 canvases,
most famous of which was the
“Uncle Sam” mural in Troy, New
York and “Pony Express” in St.
Joseph, Missouri, which was un
veiled by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt.
Admiral Russell R. Waesche,
USCG, Commandant of the Coast
Guard, has written a foreword to
the volume.
In addition to the many authen
tic illustrations and a full color
map of Sinbad’s adventures, there
is a glossary of nautical terms
and an appendix of information
on nautical subjects.
Brazil was discovered on May
3, 1500, by the Portuguese admiral
Pedro Alva res Cabral.
Tea was used in China as a
medicine rather than a beverage
until about 500.
Pan American Resumes
Orient Service Just Four
Years After Pearl Harbor
SAN FRANCISCO—As the ini
tial step toward early resumption
of its services to the Orient, Pan
American World Airways dis
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patched on December 8, exactly
four years after its services were
suspended to the Far East by the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,
a Douglas Clipper over its Central
Pacific route to complete ground
arrangements and spot personnel,
L. C. Reynolds, Manager of Pan
American’s Pacifio-Alaska Divi
sion, announced.
This route, which includes San
Francisco with intermediate points
of Honolulu, Midway, Wake,
Guam and Manila, was pioneered
by Pan American over ten years
ago, preliminary to operations
over the Great Circle Route, for
which it began planning 15 years
ago and for which it now has an
application pending with the Civil
Aeronautics Board.
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