In 1932 he was in charge of target observation and repair for the destroyer force target practice in the Gulf of Mexico. and for cutter target practice off Norfolk. Va. In September of that year he was ordered to the cutter Escanaba at Grand Haven. Mich.. as navigation and gunnery officer. Detached in 1934. he spent the next 4 years at the Coast Guard Academy as instructor in physics and mathematics. and as assistant coach in football. basketball. and baseball. During the summer cadet practice cruise of 1936 aboard the cutter Cayuge. he participated in the evacuation of refugees of Spain during that countrys civil war (193639). He became executive officer of the patrol cutter Nemesis at St. Petersburg.
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