“Semper Paratus,” a Latin phrase meaning, “Always ready,” is the US Coast Guard motto. Today’s “What’s in the Vault?” post features a uniform hat that belonged to Lyle Frederick when he was in the Coast Guard at the North Beach Station. All the Coast Guard service members at North Beach Station during 1944 signed this hat. The Coast Guard is the grandchild of another service called the US Life Saving Service. Both these services patrolled Assateague’s beaches, heroically rescuing shipwrecked sai

The Meaning of Semper Fi: The Marine Corps Motto