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Jenkins is in his dress Coast Guard uniform, standing with his mother. He joined the Coast Guard in 1942, prior to joining the Marines in 1944.
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Correction: Jenkins joined the Coast Guard in June 1942, and then five months late, in Nov. 1942, enlisted in the Marines. In this picture, Jenkins is in Coast Guard dress uniform.