Milford chronicle., 1945-05-08
Allied Victory
Coast Guard Now Will Join
Nations Other Services In
Concentrating On About
Assault In The Pacific.

AhN'''tebiA ~ IN 'AN
Coast Gulrdsmcu fired the FIRST
American shot in The war AGAINST
Germany. 4 Coast Guard vessel
captured the til 81 enemy ship. a
Coast Guard crew took The inst
Na2i prisoner.
Even before the declaration OF
wal against Germany. Coast Guard
cutters were deploycd in strategic
position; where they observed en-
envy activity and where their ser
vices were called upon by allied
ships
Now thc Coast Guard Will Join
the nations other services in con
ccutratiuu ON The "rim task OF all
out assault in the Pacific. Rut large
numbers of Coast Guardsmcn will
continue serving in Atlantic and
European waters Fighting forces
must I've brought home. OF trans
ported TO The Asiatic theatre. And
the Coast Guards traditional jobs
of rescue. and Weather and socur-
ity patrol viii 20 ON in thc NJ
lanijc.
II wa$ in September 1911 that a
Coast Guard cutter. ,hc Northland.
captured the Norwccian ship BUS
: 40 loaded with equipment tor u
, German weather. station in Green
, land
The EUSKO WAS taken back to
Boston as u prize ship the WCa-
! ther station WAS nquidatcd the
. iorcrunucr OF several ahOrtivc
. German attempts to establish lis
tcninc posts in Greenland, and Il
Nali-traincd operator was taken
prisoner
Famous Coast Guard cutters such
:, as the COMANCHE. CAMPBELL
= NORTIL.AND. NOnOC. CAYUGA
II DUANE. NORTH STAR and ES-
Q CANABA. had been assigned to the
Q Greenland patrol in the prC-wal
! period and were particularly ac-
:, tive.
= When German Occupation of Den
II mark in April. 1910. threatened
d valuable cryolrc mines until re-
n Gently Indispensable To aluminium
AT ivi2atut. Greenland Coast GuarC
volunteers were assigned rs mine
II Guards after being temporarily dis
II charged from the Coast Guard
is When war broke the COas
u Guard was in the thick OF the Bat
tie of the Atlantic Its role cal
best be reviewed. perhaps through
the names of some famous CoaS
Guard vessels which participated
NJ The plucky ICARUS. 1853 feet
+ blasted Nazi sub to the surfac
g. and shcllcd it into submission OF
=. the Carolina coast in the lat
!. spring OF 1912. Thirty-thrcc Ger
mans We're rescued and taken pris
ul OnPr.
IS. The 3321-tOOt CAMPBELL Tough
vi five subs and rammcd a sixth in
:. running 24-hour North Atlanti
battle in 1912
'r y sister ship. the SPENCE
CT blasted a Nazi U-Boat which al
II tempted to sneak into a heavily
i'll laden convoy and captured 4
crew members before the ;u
i" sank.
Coast Guard-mann"d transport
helped funnel men and material t
the fighting fronts Among thel
We were tie WAKEFIELD. SAMUE
&c CHASE. BAYFIELD,. DICKMA.
no LEONARD WOOD. HUNTER LIt
GETT. Th" famous WAKEFIELD.
u tcX-MANlIATTAN) was bombed ;
Singapore and caught tire in Il
tn Atlantic but came back to chalk Il
,rr an impressive war record.
1 Seven Coast Guard vessels iod;
lie on tn" Atlantic floor sun
:" some without trace. since II
lth war begun. They are the cuttcr
HAMILTON first l.. $. v3rsh
on torpedocd after war was Ipcla
edl ACACIA and ESCANABA. Il
wv weather ships MCSKEGET ~
IS NATSEk. the patrol vessel WI
bile cox. and the PEOPOLn. a d
irs strOycr escort.
Coast Guardsmcn partcinatcd
every major European invasions
zen North Africa. Sicily. Salcrno \
ol zio. Normandy and Southe
ans France. Operating from transpor
Isl as we'll as manning many tvpes
amphihiOus craft. they soon h
60 came renowned as Coast Gina
lah Invaders. Al Anzio. radio
toll development was successfully Il
or ed when eight scouting planes |,
o a flight deck constructed ON
0"' Coast Guard-manned LIST
Al Normandy a special flotilIa