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Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Coast Guard Bulletin
Author: Register of Reserve Officers
Author: United States. Coast GuardPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
U.S. Coast Guard Bulletin
Author: Vision, Mission, Guiding Principles
Author: United States. Coast Guard ReservePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 6
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Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Coast Guard Reserve in the Order of Precedence
Author: United States. Coast GuardPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
United States Coast Guard
Author: United States. Coast GuardPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
United States Coast Guard Objectives
Author: United States. Coast GuardPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
A Coast Guardsman's History of the U.S. Coast Guard
Author: C D KrollPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612518761
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
More a book about Coast Guard heritage than an academic history, this book focuses on a variety of relatively unknown Guardsmen who personify the service’s core values. The author highlights contributions of a variety of individuals, from seamen to admirals on active duty, as well as reservists, auxiliarists, and civilian members of Team Coast Guard. These heroes, representing a great diversity in age, sex, race, and ethnicity, set an example worthy of emulation and serve as role models for today’s Coast Guard men and women.
The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II
Author: Malcolm F. WilloughbyPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612519938
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
The intimate view of the U.S. Coast Guard's dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. First published in 1957 and out of print for years, the book is now available in paperback. Handsomely illustrated with more than two hundred photographs, the book serves as a unique memento of one of the most illustrious periods in the Coast Guard's two hundred year history. The author offers a story replete with incidents of devotion far beyond the call of duty--daring rescues, adventurous high-sea missions, heroic combat action--to clearly demonstrate the vital role the service played in the Allied war effort. A seasoned World War I veteran who joined the Coast Guard Temporary Reserve in 1942, Malcolm Willoughby has covered every aspect of the Coast Guard's involvement in the war at sea, in the air, and at home. From the invasion of Normandy, where Coast Guardsmen landed thousands of Americans and rescued some 1,500 stranded in the surf, to Guadalcanal, where they rescued three companies of Marines trapped on the beach, this chronicle vividly recounts these well-documented operations and little-known stories of individual triumphs and tragedies as well.
Coast Guard
Author: John HamiltonPublisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1604533625
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This book introduces the smallest branch of the U.S. military, the U.S. Coast Guard. Historical information covers its roots in early America and the Revenue Cutter Service promoted by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, and its work during the American Civil War, World War I, and Hurricane Katrina. The coast guard's range of missions, including performing search and rescue missions, protecting U.S. harbors from terrorist attacks, preventing smuggling of illegal drugs, maintaining navigational aids, patrolling the North Atlantic Ocean for icebergs, responding to environmental disasters such as oil spills, promoting boating safety, keeping waterways open and safe, and providing coastal defense of foreign shores such as in Iraq, are highlighted for the reader. Chapters also cover the coast guard's organization by hierarchy, including a sidebar of officer and enlisted ranks, its work as part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the duties of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard Reserve, requirements for enlistment, training, and the Coast Guard Academy. The book also describes coast guard assets such as cutters, boats, and aircraft including the HC-130 Hercules airplane, the HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, and their duties, size, and range, and the coast guard's current and future plans to upgrade equipment. Full-color photographs, sidebars, fun facts, a graphic timeline, a glossary, and an index accompany this easy-to-read text.
