Milford chronicle., 1945-05-07
Allied Victory
Coast Guard Now Will Join
\atiGn's Other Services hi
Concentrating On \II-Out
Assault In The Pacific.

\ WV I A't q RAiiS WI All-Nut
ASSAULT In The Pacific.
Coast Cuudsmcu tcd lhc FIRST
American shot in the war AGAINST
Germany. 4 Coast Guard vessel
captured tn. ngSt enemy ship.
Coast Guard crow took The inst
NHli prisoner.
Even before the declaration of
Wai against Germany. Coast Guard
cutters Mcl" dcploycd in strategic
poSiticus where jhry observed en-
rmy activity and where thcIr ,,cr-
vices were called upon hy allied
ships
Now the Coast ,ntard viii join
the ration $ other services in con-
ccutratine ON The grim task oi all
out assault IN the Pacific I;ul large
uumncr>; Of Coast Guardampn viii
continue serving in Atlantic and
tICopclu waters Fighting forces
must he brought nome or trans
ported To the Asiaiic theatre. And
the Coast Cuard'a Traditional Jobs
Of rescue. and WcdtEcr and srcur-
l'y rajro! Mjl SO On lu ,ho Nt-
lautic
Il WAS in September 1871 1hal a
coast tiUald cullcr Ill" \u,th.anG.
captured The NorNc-iau snip BU )
i\O loaded with equipment irI. a
German weather. station in Grccn-
land.
The HCSKO was takeu hacl, 10
EoSton a. a prIlr ship The wca-
'h"r station was luuIdutod the
torrrUumcr uI several @h0rlivr
G"MHaH attempts 10 establish is
tcuIu1 posts IN GrceulInd. and a
Nan trained opcrdtor was taken
prisoner.
Famous Coast Guard cutters such
rs The COMANtlIt. CAMPBELL.
NERTIIINND. NOnOC 'ANTGA.
DUANE NOErU STAR and rs
CANADA. had been ASSIGNED To The
Greenland patrol in the prc-war
urriod ard We're particularly ac-
live
mem OcrmHn occupation OF Den
mark in \plIl. 19lo. threatened
Valuable HNolit, .nin,- guril -c-
comfy Indispensable to alumirum
ST iyicajtli. Grcr@lJrd. Coast Guard
:Uluutr"9> Wclc assigned is mine
&U@lds after hslu2 trmnuralilv dis
LHr&rd from jlr Coast Guard.
When war broke. thc Coast
Gu;Ad Was in the thick Of the Bat
Il" of Tie Atlantic Its role can
hest hc reviewed. pcrh&ps through
he names ot some famous Coast
Guard Vessels which participated
The plucky !CAECS. lG1 feet.
blasted Il Na. sub To the surface
ard shcllcd il INTO submission of
tn" Carolina coast in tn" late
spring of 1912 Thirty-rhrcc Gnr-
mans W." rescued and taken priS
Ourr
Tn" 3::'21-foot CANPBtII. ioughI
fix" suhs and ramm"d sixth in =
running 2lhour North atlantic
battle in l9l2
y sister snip. In. SPENCER.
blasted NalI L Boat which 1T
tempted to sneak in'n i heavily
laden convey. and captured 10
crew Ir"WD"r* before The -uh
sank
Coast Guard manned ,rauspnYr4
helped tunt"l men and material to
lho tiehrin. fronts. Among them
W"r" the ,EAKEFIt.LD. SAAIYII,
CHASE BAYFIELD,. DiCKMAN
LEONARD WOOD III NTER LIG-
GEF'f. Th" iamous WAKEFIELD
t"N-NANllATTANo Has bombed at
Siu"apcr" and caught Gre IN che
Atlantic h"i came back 10 ..halk IN
an IMPRESSIVE Val record.
Seven Coast Guard vessels today
lie on tn. AtIaulj" Hoor Sunk
som" without a trace. since tho
war hegdm They an" The cutters
HAMILTON first t. : M4rshiu
t"rp"do"d after wa VAS i.clar-
cdl. ACACIA and t.SCANABA. the
weather ships MCSKEGFT and
NATSf.k. tn" patrol vessel VIII
cox and th" PEOPOLD. = d.
strOyrr escort
Coast C;uardSmrn naliicjDatcd IN
every major European ipvasinns
North Africa. Sicily. Sa!crlao. \n-
rio. Normandy and Southern
France. Operating from transports
as well rs manning many types OF
amphihiouS craft they soon be-
cam" renowned as Coast Guard
Invaders Al An2io. u radical
development was successfully us
ed when eight scouting planes left
flight deck constructed ON !,
Coast Guard-manned LIST
! Al Normandy a special tIotilla OF