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Naval Institute Press, 2016. Paperback. Very Good. VERY GOOD. CLEAN, no marks. Unread. Binding is sound. . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART I: DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARTIME ORGANIZATION OF THE COAST GUARD: 1.) The Men Behind the Guns -- 2.) Logistics and Other Vital Services ------ PART II: SECURITY AT HOME: 3.) Coast Guard Aviation -- 4.) The Beach Pounders -- 5.) The Security of Our Ports -- 6.) The Temporary Reserve in Port Security ------ PART III: SAFETY AT SEA: 7.) The Greenland Patrol -- 8.) Rescues at Sea -- 9.) New Responsibilities for Safety at Sea -- 10.) Coast Guard Communications -- 11.) The Story of Loran ------ PART IV: THE COAST GUARD IN COMBAT: 13.) The Aleutian Campaign -- 14.) The Battle of the Atlantic -- 15.) Operation "Torch" -- North Africa -- 16.) Landings in Sicily and Italy -- 17.) The Normandy Invasion -- 18.) From Pearl Harbor Through the Solomons -- 19.) The Sweep to the Philippines. . . . . . FROM THEBACK COVER: The intimate view of the U.S. Coast Guard's…
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U. S. Coast Guard in World War II.
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Naval Institute P., 1957., 1957. 1st. ed. First Edition 347p. Maps. Photos. Oversize. Grey cloth. Very Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Book.
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by Malcolm F. Willoughby; Foreword-Admiral Paul A. Yost; Introduction-C. W. Nimitz
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United States Naval Institute,, 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Minor wear to binding on corners, edges & spine. Light soiling on edges of text block. Features maps on end papers. Tanning on endpapers & pastedowns. Previous owners name on front inside cover. "The Same" written on gutter of rear endpaper. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, chips, toning & small tears. Dust Jacket protected by mylar cover.
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THE U.S. COAST GUARD IN WORLD WAR II
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Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1989. Revised Edition. . Soft cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Near fine. (18)347pp. Index. Photos. Size: Large 4to
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Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, (1989). Revised printing. From Foreword to the Reprinted Edition: World War II was the text of fire that forged the modern Coast Guard. From the very beginning, Coast Guardsmen participated in almost every phase of the maritime war. The cutter Northland made the first naval capture in September 1941 when it intercepted a group of German radio operators off Greenland. The service’s first combat death occurred on board the transport Leonard Wood when the ship was attacked by Japanese planes at Singapore the day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Coast Guardsmen were in every major amphibious assualt of the war. At the Normandy invasion Coast Guardsmen not only landed thousands of men on the beach, they rescued 1,500 who were stranded in the surf. In the Pacific, First Class Signalman Douglas Munro posthumously won a Congressional MEdal of Honor at Guadalcanal when he helped rescue three companies of Marines who were trapped on the beach. At sea, Coast…
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United States Naval Institute. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Grey cloth covered boards with red titles. NO DJ with this copy. Corners bumped, and this copy shows light shelf wear with Previous Owner's address label on inside upper left corner of front cover . Unmarked, but with slight mustiness and browning to endpapers from adhesive. .
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Naval Institute Press., Annapolis, 1957,. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 1957. Hardcover. hardback, heavy 4to, xviii,347pp, illustrated, slight browning, contents clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper edges rubbed and a large closed tear on front panel .
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Paperback / softback. New. This intimate view of the US Coast Guard's dramatic World War II record has long been considered a classic. First published in 1957 and out of print for years, it is now available in paperback. Handsomely illustrated with more than 200 photographs, the book serves as a unique memento of one of the most illustrious periods in the Coast Guard's 200-year history.
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