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The United States Coast Guard in World War II
Author | : Thomas P. Ostrom |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 261 |
Release | : 2009-08-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786453710 |
At home and overseas, the United States Coast Guard served a variety of vital functions in World War II, providing service that has been too little recognized in histories of the war. Teaming up with other international forces, the Coast Guard provided crewmembers for Navy and Army vessels as well as its own, carried troops, food, and military supplies overseas, and landed Marine and Army units on distant and dangerous shores. This thorough history details those and other important missions, which included combat engagement with submarines and kamikaze planes, and typhoons. On the home front, port security missions involving search and rescue, fire fighting, explosives, espionage and sabotage presented their own unique dangers and challenges.
Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author | : Maurer Maurer |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : 1428915850 |
Building the Navy's Bases in World War II
Author | : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Air bases |
ISBN | : |
The United States Coast Guard and National Defense
Author | : Thomas P. Ostrom |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2011-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786488557 |
In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets.
Troopships of World War II
Author | : Roland Wilbur Charles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Transports |
ISBN | : |
"This book contains authentic photographs and salient facts covering 358 troopships used in World War II. In addition, other vessels of miscellaneous character, including Victory and Liberty type temporary conversions for returning troops, are listed in the appendices ..."--Pref.
Navigation Rules
Author | : United States. Coast Guard |
Publisher | : Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Inland navigation |
ISBN | : 1616082437 |
For anyone who owns a boat, this is the handbook for you. Included are all of the official government rules and regulations that must be followed by anyone out on the water. This book will prepare you for head?on situations, avoiding collisions, using, distress signals, and will inform you of all the up?to?date water regulations. Whether you?re in a jam or just relaxing at sea, Navigation Rules will teach and prepare you for anything and everything you may encounter while on your boat.
Marines and Helicopters, 1946-1962
Author | : Eugene W. Rawlins |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2014-06-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781500102852 |
During the early stages of helicopter development, when helicopters were able to lift just slightly more than their own weight, the military services were eagerly seeking to obtain a variety of larger, more useful helicopters. The youthful helicopter industry expressed optimism, although at times unrealistic, in its ability to meet the military requirements. The development of the helicopter program within the Marine Corps was sparked by the foresight and imagination of the officers of the period. While early helicopters provided stepping stones for an orderly progression of the program, the slowness of the technical advances and the periods of financial austerity after World War II and Korea prevented the Marine Corps from developing the vertical envelopment concept as rapidly as desired. The program gained interest and momentum, however, as a result of the success of helicopters in Korea. As Lieutenant General Gerald C. Thomas stated: "Indeed, the helicopter gave clear evidence, from its first tactical employment, that a major advance in combat was at hand." This history, which traces the development of helicopters in the Marine Corps from 1946 to 1962, offers a tribute to the creative vision and planning of a handful of Marine officers who conceived of the vertical assault concept in amphibious operations at a time when suitable aircraft to make it work did not exist. The story of the subsequent struggle to procure and develop those aircraft, to refine a doctrine for their employment, and to familiarize the Marine Corps with their use is an interesting and vital part of modern Marine Corps history. The documentary basis for this monograph was primarily the official records of the Marine Corps and Navy Department, but considerable use was made of interviews and correspondence with key individuals involved in all phases of helicopter development.
Force Without War
Author | : Barry M. Blechman |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Case studies document an analysis of the modes and impact of America's use of military force short of warfare in determining foreign policy and easing international conflicts.
Naval Accidents, 1945-1988
Author | : William M. Arkin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Marine accidents |
ISBN | : |