Catcap.
"Bilgewater", mascot of the US Coast Guard Academy, "models" the new cap design for Coast Guard cadets, 1945. Caps, coats, newspapers, silk shawls, rare medieval manuscripts - cats can see only two possible uses for any of them - sleep on them if they are comfy, or scratch them to shreads if they are not ... Best regards, JR.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ww2incolor.com/gallery/us-coast-guard/43313/catcap.