The United States Coast Guard in World War II
Subtitle: a history of domestic and overseas actions
By: Thomas P. Ostrom ; with a foreword by John Galluzzo.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786442560
Subjects: United States. -- Coast Guard; United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
Description: "The United States Coast Guard served a variety of vital functions in World War II, providing service that has been too little recognized in histories of the war. This history details those and other important mission. It also describes how the home front presented its own unique dangers and challenges"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Prelude to Pearl Harbor; title: The day of infamy : Pearl Harbor; title: U.S. Coast Guard organization; title: Port security, navigation, and aviation; title: Coast Guard crews and navy ships; title: Defense from the Great Lakes to the oceans; title: Admiral Russell R. Waesche : wartime commandant; title: Coast guard air and sea warfare; title: The greenland patrol; title: The Atlantic war; title: Guarding the convoys; title: The Mediterranean : North Africa, Sicily, Italy; title: D-Day at Normandy; title: The Aleutians and the Bering Sea; title: The Pacific campaign; title: Pacific reminiscences; title: Return to the Philippines and victory.