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ANSWERING THE CALL
Continued from page 5
USCG Aux photo by Robert A. Fabich
ABOVE: Auxiliary Facility “Couer De Corsair” of East Cooper Flotilla 12-6 makes a rendezvous on the water with a Coast Guard ANT team
on the Little River. A NOAA side scanning sonar boom can be seen deployed amidships on the port side. BELOW: Auxiliarist David
Desplaces of flotilla 12-6 surveys Charleston, SC harbor during a post-hurricane harbor patrol. In the background, a U.S. Coast Guard
helicopter conducts hoisting drills with a Charleston Harbor Pilot Boat. BOTTOM: David and fellow Auxiliarist Michael Young conduct a
waterway survey on Shem’s Creek outside of Charleston.
and assisted by boat crewman Luke M. Georget, they
trailered their facility