ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My great appreciation to all those who assisted with pictures and information, including my classmate Rev. Steve Ulmer and the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association, especially Melissa Yuhas, assistant director of communication, and the association president, Capt. Andrea Marcille, US Coast Guard (retired; class of 1989), without whose support this project never would have been possible. Many of the vintage pictures were scanned from the Coast Guard Academy’s Tide Rips class yearbooks. The courtesy lines for these pictures list the Tide Rips year of publication. I am especially indebted to Paul Duddy for his assistance. Finally, thanks to my daughter Nicole Clark for her proofing and assistance with pictures.