[3] Charles Ward Thomas was born in Pasadena, California 3 September 1903; he was graduated from Fairhaven High School in Bellingham, Washington and attended Western College of Education in the same city.

[4] During World War II he met a young Danish nurse, Miss Anna Magnella Jensen of Ivigtût, Greenland.

So it was, ultimately, Pollard who helped Boylan set the idea for a Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary in motion after the 1934 cruise with the Pacific Writers' Club.

[9] The retired rear admiral was killed by a speeding car as he was crossing a street while on holiday in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, on 3 March 1973.

News of Thomas' untimely death was announced to the fleet by ADM Chester R. Bender, Commandant of the Coast Guard shortly thereafter.