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" US Coast Guard in World War II / "
Alejandro de Quesada ; illustrated by Stephen Walsh ; consultant editor, Martin Windrow.
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BL
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1032234
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b786604
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| Main Entry
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De Quesada, A. M.
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US Coast Guard in World War II /\ Alejandro de Quesada ; illustrated by Stephen Walsh ; consultant editor, Martin Windrow.
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Oxford ;Long Island City, NY :: Osprey Pub.,, 2010.
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Elite ;; 180
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64 pages :: illustrations (some color), portraits ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1846039193
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: 1849082715
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: 9781846039195
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: 9781849082716
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: The pre-war Coast Guard; the "rum war" and the "hooligan Navy;" the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary -- The Coast Guard goes to war; Pearl Harbor; command and control; USCG Women's Reserve (SPARs); uniforms -- The home front; USCG Reserve temporary members; port security and beach patrols -- The Battle of the Atlantic; pre-war operations : Greenland; Doenitz's Operation Paukenschlag, January-July 1942; the North Atlantic : "the bloody winter," 1942/43, Escort Group A-3 : convoys SC-112, ON-166, SC-121, HX-233; antisubmarine operations from May 1943 : destroyers and frigates, hunter-killer groups, the last battles, spring 1945 -- The Mediterranean and European theaters; air attacks; USCGC Menges and U-371; the Normandy landings : Assault Group 0-1, control ships, Rescue Flotilla 1 -- The Pacific theater; the Aleutians, 1942-43 and thereafter; amphibious campaigns, southwest & central Pacific : the Solomons, the Gilberts, and Marshalls, New Guinea and the Marianas, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and Okinawa; miscellaneous operations in the CBI -- Aftermath & summary.
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During World War II, the US Coast Guard effectively became America's fourth armed service. Among their many wartime duties, Coast Guardsmen played an important role in the battle of the Atlantic and the long series of amphibious landings in the Pacific. In the merciless struggle to keep the supply lines to Europe open, Coast Guardsmen manned cutters, frigates and destroyers charged with protecting the Atlantic convoys from Germany's U-boats. The Coast Guard's boat-handling expertise was often crucial in landing troops on Japanese-held islands throughout the Pacific campaign, where they manned hundreds of ships and thousands of amphibious craft, and their skills were also put to full use during the Normandy landings of June 1944. This book provides a concise account of the Coast Guard's war, fully illustrated with wartime photos and uniform plates.
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United States.-- History-- World War, 1939-1945.
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United States.
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Coastal surveillance-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Atlantic Ocean.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Pacific Area.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Naval operations, American.
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Coastal surveillance.
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Military campaigns.
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Military operations, Naval-- American.
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Atlantic Ocean.
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Pacific Area.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.541273
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D773.D49 2010
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Walsh, Stephen,1966-
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Windrow, Martin.
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| Parallel Title
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U.S. Coast Guard in World War II
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: US Coast Guard in World War 2
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: US Coast Guard in World War Two
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