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Author:   Thomas P. Ostrom
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.354kg
ISBN:  

9780786442560

ISBN 10:   0786442565
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   01 June 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Foreword by John Galluzzo      Preface      Introduction      1: Prelude to Pearl Harbor      2: The Day of Infamy: Pearl Harbor      3: U.S. Coast Guard Organization      4: Port Security, Navigation, and Aviation      5: Coast Guard Crews and Navy Ships      6: Defense from the Great Lakes to the Oceans      7: Admiral Russell R. Waesche: Wartime Commandant      8: Coast Guard Air and Sea Warfare      9: The Greenland Patrol      10: The Atlantic War      11: Guarding the Convoys      12: The Mediterranean: North Africa, Sicily, Italy      13: D-Day at Normandy      14: The Aleutians and the Bering Sea      15: The Pacific Campaign      16: Pacific Reminiscences      17: Return to the Philippines and Victory      Epilogue      World War II Era Coast Guard Chronology      Documents A Letter Home from LCI-91 (29 December 1943), by Robert Morris      A Letter to His Minister (13 January 1944), by Robert Morris      Operation Neptune, LCI(L)-91 (10 June 1944)      Letter to the Secretary of the Navy: Loss of Ship (19 June 1944)      Coast Guard Unit Commendation for D-Day (6 June 1944)      A Letter to Parents on the Death of Their Son Douglas Munro      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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provides a thorough, comprehensive account of the Coast Guard's wartime service --<i>Seapower</i>; extensively researched and well-written history --<i>Baird Maritime</i>; Ostrom gives us most enlightening lessons on the 'Guardian of the Heartland' that had previously been adequately recognized in U.S. combat history...World War II and Coast Guard history buffs alike will be pleased with Thomas Ostrom's latest book. I can't recommend this book highly enough --<i>Proceedings.</i>

Author Information

A member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve from 1961 to 1969, Thomas P. Ostrom taught anthropology, geography, and history at Rochester Community College in Minnesota before retiring. He is a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Naval Historical Foundation.

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