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D-Day photo of U.S. Coast Guard-manned "Higgins Boat" or LCVP - Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel. The shallow-draft, plywood vessel - built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans and others - could ferry platoon-sized units of 36 men to shore at 9 knots and were used in Atlantic and Pacific landings. Army and Marine forces boarded the boats descending rope netting draped on transports and disembarked via a bow ramp.
Coasties on the town in St. Augustine, Florida, post-Prohibition in 1943. The Coast Guard operated a training center in the city during World War Two.
Caption of World War Two photo from National Archives reads "Crew members who man the 20 MM guns of a Coast Guard fighting ship." The name of the ship is omitted, perhaps due to wartime censorship.
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Crew of 82-foot U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat off Vietnam in 1968. An estimated 8,000 Coast Guard members served in Vietnam.
Photo of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane landing some of the 33 survivors of the ill-fated submarine USS Squalus at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine on May 24, 1939. The submarine sank off New Hampshire during sea trials with a loss of 26 lives.
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Semper Paratus in the sick bay. The Coast Guard manned U.S. Navy vessels during World War Two, including LSTs, attack transports and destroyer escorts.
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U.S. Coast Guard motor lifeboat No. 36542 assigned to Point Reyes, California, station in 1950s. This vessel ran aground in November 1960 with the loss of a two-man crew.
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U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Station in Cincinnati in 1928. The Coast Guard stepped up recruiting during the 1920s as it enforced prohibition laws on the seas and inland waters.
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U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Station in Cincinnati in 1928. The Coast Guard stepped up recruiting during the 1920s as it enforced prohibition laws on the seas and inland waters.
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