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Discotek Media released both movies on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time in North America on March 27, 2018.
Inventing the Abbotts
Inventing the Abbotts is a 1997 American coming- of- age film directed by Pat O'Connor and starring Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, and Joanna Going.
The screenplay by Ken Hixon is based on a short story by Sue Miller.
The original music score was composed by Michael Kamen.
R. Jay Lloyd
Robert Jay Lloyd was the sixth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, serving as the enlisted advisor to the Commandant of the Coast Guard, from 1990 to 1994.
A Coast Guard veteran of 33 years, Lloyd served as Officer in Charge of USCG" Point Bennett" in Port Townsend, Washington; USCGC" Point Winslow" in Eureka, California; and Coast Guard Station Cortez in Cortez, Florida.
He also served as Executive Petty Officer at Loran Station Anguar Palau, Western Carolina Islands and Coast Guard Station Willapa Bay, Washington.
His seagoing experience included assignments on board USCGC" Point Hope", Sabine, TX; USCGC" Barataria", Alameda, California; USCGC" Confidence", Kodiak, Alaska; and USCGC" Cape Carter", Crescent City, California.
Earlier in his career, Lloyd served at the Fourteenth Coast Guard District Office, Honolulu, Hawaii; Coast Guard Reserve Unit Denver, Colorado; and Coast Guard Base Alameda, California.
On June 29, 1990, Lloyd became the sixth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.
Prior to his selection, he served as Command Enlisted Advisor of the Seventeenth Coast Guard District in Juneau, Alaska.
He had also previously served as Command Enlisted Advisor for the Eighth Coast Guard District, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Lloyd attended more than a dozen specialized training courses during his career.
He is a graduate of the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy; United States Coast Guard Senior Petty Officer Leadership and Management School, and Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute.
He also has a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree in History from New Mexico State University.
His military awards include two Legion of Merit Medals, Meritorious Service Medal, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, Coast Guard Achievement Medal, Commandant's Letter of Commendation with" O" device, two Coast Guard Unit Commendation's with" O" device, Bicentennial Unit Commendation, eight Coast Guard Good Conduct Awards, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, Humanitarian Service Medal, Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon, Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon, Coast Guard Expert Rifleman Medal, and Coast Guard Expert Pistol Shot Medal.
He is a member of the advisory board of VetJobs.
Abbott Mysteries
Abbott Mysteries was a comedy- mystery radio program adapted from the novels of Frances Crane( 1896- 1981).
Initially a summer replacement for" Quick As a Flash", the series was heard on Mutual and NBC between the years 1945 and 1955.
The Mutual series, sponsored by Helbros Watches, debuted June 10, 1945, airing Sundays at 6 p.m.
The scripts by Howard Merrill and Ed Adamson were in the lighthearted tradition of" Mr. and Mrs. North".
Julie Stevens and Charles Webster starred as Jean and Pat Abbott, a San Francisco married couple" who were habitually involved in various sorts of mayhem and in solving murders."
In the supporting cast were Jean Ellyn, Sydney Slon and Luis van Rooten.
Moving to 5:30 p.m.in 1946, Les Tremayne and Alice Reinheart took over the roles until the end of the series on August 31, 1947.
Seven years later, the characters returned October 3, 1954, on NBC in The Adventures of the Abbotts, broadcast on NBC Sunday evenings at 8:30 p.m.
In this series, the Abbotts were portrayed by Claudia Morgan and Les Damon.
The NBC series ran until June 12, 1955.
Announcers were Frank Gallop and Cy Harrice.
Albert Burhman's orchestra provided music.
" The series was resurrected by NBC in 1955 under the new title of" The Adventures of the Abbotts" and this nudged Mutual into producing a copycat show under the title" It's A Crime, Mr. Collins" Many programs in the Golden Age of Radio were flattered by their competitors.
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" The Abbotts" on NBC were copied exactly in Mutual's" It's A Crime, Mr. Collins", including paraphrasing( the original author's) words.
Mutual even used ... the habit of putting a color in the title of every story."
Thomas H. Collins
Thomas Hansen Collins( born 25 June 1946) is a former United States Coast Guard admiral who served as the 22nd Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard from May 2002 to May 2006.
USCGC Tampa (WPG-48)
USCGC" Tampa"( Coast Guard Cutter No. 48) was a United States Coast Guard Cutter that served in the United States Coast Guard from 1921 to 1941, and then in the United States Navy from 1941 to 1947.
Fighting Coast Guard
Fighting Coast Guard is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Joseph Kane and written by Kenneth Gamet.
The film stars Brian Donlevy, Forrest Tucker, Ella Raines, John Russell, Richard Jaeckel, William Murphy and Martin Milner.
The film was released on June 1, 1951, by Republic Pictures.
Willard J. Smith
Willard John Smith( May 14, 1910 – April 1, 2000) served as the thirteenth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1966 to 1970.
He was born in Suttons Bay, Michigan, and was the son of Oscar Smith, a retired commissioned warrant officer in the U.S. Coast Guard and his wife, Emma Bequist.
Upon graduation from high school in Charlevoix, Michigan, he entered the University of Michigan, but later transferred to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Upon graduation from the academy in 1933, he was assigned to a Galveston, Texas- based Coast Guard cutter and later served as an aide to Commandant Russell R. Waesche from 1936 to 1939.
During World War II, he was assigned to the Coast Guard's aviation branch and was responsible for the construction and commissioning of Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco, California, where he was assigned to duty until 1946.
From 1946 to 1948, he served as commander of Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan before his assignment as assistant chief of the Coast Guard's Aviation Division from 1948 to 1950.
From 1950 to 1951, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.
From 1962 to 1965, he served as superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy.
From 1965, until his appointment as commandant, he served as commander of the Cleveland, Ohio- based 9th Coast Guard District.
As commandant in 1967, he oversaw the transfer of the Coast Guard from the United States Department of the Treasury to the United States Department of Transportation.
Upon completion of his service as Coast Guard Commandant in June 1970, he moved to Traverse City, Michigan.
The following October, he was appointed as Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs at the United States Department of Transportation, serving under then- Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe until July 1971, when he returned to Traverse City.
In 1973 he became admiral of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City, Michigan and held the position until 1974.
He subsequently moved to Atlantic Beach, Florida, where his wife, the former Harriet A. Lary died on February 2, 2000, two months before he himself died, aged 89.
Following cremation, his remains were interred alongside his late wife's remains in Arlington National Cemetery.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest- living former Coast Guard Commandant.
Tallapoosa-class cutter
The" Tallapoosa"- class cutters is a group of two Coast Guard cutters that served with the United States Coast Guard from the 1920s to the late 1940s.
United States Coast Guard Band
The United States Coast Guard Band is a military band maintained by the United States Coast Guard.
Established in 1925 and classified as a" premier ensemble", the Coast Guard Band is stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut and is responsible for providing musical support to the Coast Guard Academy's corps of cadets, as well as other official Coast Guard events and ceremonies.
During the summer months it undertakes national and international tours to promote the Coast Guard.
As of 2016, the U.S. Coast Guard Band is the Coast Guard's only professional musical ensemble( a second branch band, the U.S. Coast Guard Pipe Band, is an auxiliary- staffed organization).

Question: Are both movies, Inventing The Abbotts and Fighting Coast Guard, from the same country?
Answer: yes