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AVDET 59, USCGC Westwind, Summer 76, Bucket Brigade.


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Yard sale find today. First CG patch for the collection. Never thought I would find CG patch in WV.post-5782-0-63428900-1399145340.jpg

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Patchcollector

Very cool patch.I love the "Coastie" stuff,especially the older pieces like yours!

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Garth Thompson

The Westwind was a Polar icebreaker. It was decommissioned 1988 and reportedly broken up for scrap. The two helicopters are HH-52s which were in use in 1978. These are painted orange for the Arctic and Antarctic deployments. It is easier to find a crashed one that is orange in the white snow fields. They were affectionately known as the single motor, single rotor orange and white people totter.

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