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Posted on 08/04/2015 11:21:10 AM PDT by huldah1776
Published on Aug 23, 2013
Freely downloadable at the Internet Archive, where I first uploaded it. "On overseas activities of the Coast Guard in World War II. Includes views of the amphibious invasions of Guadalcanal, North Africa, Anzio, Tarawa, Saipan, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Normandy, and South France. Cutters shoot down an airplane, patrol a Persian port, deliver supplies and men to Greenland, release depth charges, and sink a German boat. Coast Guardsmen place buoys in a port, load supplies on B-24 plane, load wounded Marines aboard transports off Tarawa, and rescue sailors of ships sunk by Japanese suicide planes off Okinawa. Shows the cutters Northwind and Hamilton and the transports Hunter, Leggett, Dickman, Wood, Chase, Middleton, and Bayfield. Adm. Waesche decorates Coast Guardsmen." National Archives Identifier: 5949
Thank you all for your service :)
I had my Scout Troop over in Cle Elum, WA. Turns out the biggest USCG hero in history is buried there:
Douglas Munro - Medal of Honor Winner - WWII
He used his landing craft to absorb fire from machine gun positions while 500 Marines were landing on a beach in France (Normandy). He kept himself between the bullets and the Marines. He died for his efforts, but saved many men.
I got some great pictures of the gravesite, which is basically a memorial to fallen veterans now. Two deck guns are there as well. Beautiful place.
Doing a lot of stuff nobody wants to do with a little bit of money and with tools the Navy and Marines have already warn out.
More Links:
http://www.coastguardcombatvets.com/
Korean War:
http://www.uscg.mil/HISTORY/articles/Korean_War.asp
In Nam:
Silver Star:
http://www.homeofheroes.com/members/04_SS/5_RVN/citations/citations_USCG.html
Thank you for posting that. As a former Marine mom, I am overwhelmed.
The Coast Guard in WWII was around to give brave Marines a ride to the beach. That’s all, and we know that.
In the VietNam war, however, our riverine patrol boats ended up getting a lot of us killed.
In both wars, WWII and VietNam, the USCG lost more people as a proportion of its force than any other branch.
In WWII, it’s because we drove landing craft. In VietNam, it was the patrol boats. Lots of rockets.
The Marines, they patrol Heaven. I’m sure they will be standing guard around the Throne while the Heavenly Host is away slaughtering demons when Christ comes back to Earth.
Where would we be without the USMC? I tear up every time I hear Halls of Montezuma.
The Coast Guard in Korea...
http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/Korean_War.asp
And, served in landlocked Afghanistan....
http://www.army.mil/article/101430
Iraq:
http://www.cusnc.navy.mil/articles/2012/082.html
We lost Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal:
Persian Gulf to watch Iran:
Proud to have served in the USCG Reserve, 1984-1998.
I thought Douglas Munro died, in the brave manner you mentioned, at Guadalcanal.
Have I been wrong this whole time? I proudly wear a USCG WHEC Munro cap whenever I think it’ll get a response.
My family claims him as a distant relative.
Just visited, so my son and husband could see it while vacationing, the CG Museum in CT. First went 20 years ago with my parents while I worked there.
Ahhh how I remember signing the papers at the MEPS center in Fresno under the scornful eye of “the dragon lady.”
Any one who went through the Fresno MEPS in the late 80 early 90s knows who I mean.
I lost my cap a long time ago. I was on her pre-FRAM, 1983 - 1985. How about you?
Was just wondering how many Coasties still live near the water?
I am thirty miles inland and never see the ocean, only the river. :)
Rivers are cool. Think I am overwhelmed by the ocean. Love streams. Live near the Delaware.
I think rivers are cool, too. Recently I bought a kayak.
Much better to be lost on a river than the ocean.
I’m a bit claustrophobic, so it’s canoeing for me. I know kayaking is very big along the Outer Banks of NC with so many inlets. Just be sure to stay out of the line of fire of USMC at Cherry Point.
Douglas A. Munro, a signalman first class of the United States Coast Guard, died heroically on Guadalcanal on 27 September 1942. Having volunteered to evacuate a detachment of Marines who were facing annihilation by an unanticipated large enemy force, he succeeded in safely extricating them and in doing so was mortally wounded.
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