Below are emergency service ratings used between 1942 to 1955 for enlisted specialists such as these scans below of an open diamond with the letter a for athletic instructor 19421944, a airship rigger 19481955, b masteratarms shore 19481954, c chief classification. In 1942, under nazi leader adolf hitlers orders, the defense branch of the. This article was was extracted from the us coast guard website. To those who perished with these ships, you are not forgotten. Almost 400 ships were sunk, mostly during the second happy time in 1942. On march 17th, the uscgc cayuga was dispatched to greenland to survey airfield sites. What are my odds in finding a ww2 navycoast guard khaki rating patch for a 2nd class motor machinist mate. Corsair fleet the brave american civilian crews who. Waesche, the coast guard commandant, hoped that naval crews might replace his services personnel aboard these ships when the coast guard was returned to treasury department control on jan.
Here the service played an important part in the island landings. Records of the united states coast guard uscg national. Us coast guard logs table of contents 1942 national. Us coast guard logs table of contents 1943 national. Sos coastguard followed republics robinson crusoe of clipper island by one year, and high priest porotu is back as chemist rackerby. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video. Kent appeared in republics dick tracy also as the hero, with poroturackerby playing the vile moloch. It was written prior to the events of 11 september 2001 and does not reflect the changes that the coast guard underwent. Bela portrays the diabolical boroff, who wants to control the world with his deadly disintegrating gas giving the heroic ralph byrd a run for his money. Uscgc eagle wix 327, formerly the horst wessel and also known as the barque eagle, is a 295foot 90 m barque used as a training cutter for future officers of the united states coast guard. The battle of the atlantic sequence is especially interesting, showing how coast guard cutters sought out nazi weather stations hidden in the arctic near greenland. They flew 1,817 sorties with a total flight time of 4,291. Click on the dedicationin memoriam link to view website memorial dedications or to see how to make a memorial contribution. Clear, close coast guard photos measure 8 x 10 and show great details of the men in training at the coast guard receiving center, alameda, california.
Most lugosi serials were nobudget affairs, but this 1937 republic effort remains a noted exception. Susan boyle i dreamed a dream les miserables official britains got talent 2009. These practices ideally placed the coast guard in a position to respond to executive orders president franklin roosevelt issued in 1941, before and after the attack on pearl harbor, to bring the coast guard into a wartime footing under us navy command. Coast guard veterans who worked at loran long range navigation stations from 1942 to 2010 may have been exposed to xray radiation from high voltage vacuum tubes. In the buildup to americas entry into world war ii during the summer of 1941, president roosevelt empowered william j. Coast guard ships 2 x gunboat type cutter wpg uscgc alexander hamilton wpg34 torpedoed by german submarine u2 off iceland, 29 january 1942. The battles of cape esperance 11 october 1942 and santa cruz islands 26. German submarine activities on the atlantic coast of the united states and canada. The dcgo diaries include a compiled weekly report from memorandums, reports, and meeting minutes on operational, personnel, intelligence, legal, and medical activities. In fact, it was first posted on gcaptain way back in may 2007 but, we ask you, does it ever get old. Coast guard lighthouse tender acacia wagl200 was sunk south of haiti 15 march 1942 by gunfire of u161.
The united states navy qship uss asterion witnessed the attack on the. His narrative covers every aspect of the coast guards involvement in the war at sea, in the air, and at home. The ad originally pointed to a web site where people could download it and send it to their friends, as well as navigating through to berlitz. Coast guard cutters hockey 19421944 they came from eveleth, minneapolis, sault ste. In formal notation sos is written with an overscore line, to indicate that the morse code equivalents for the individual letters of sos are transmitted as an unbroken sequence of three dots three dashes three dots, with no spaces between the letters. Exposure to radiation during military service public health. If there is a title listed below you are looking for, click on the contact us link above to the right, and we will add it to the top of our list to make it available for you asap. Under the terms of the february legislation, a coast guard petty officer would be assigned to every auxiliary patrol. The series ship and shore unit war diaries, 5 1942 91945 series consists of war diaries submitted by district coast guard officers dcgo and ship officers during world war ii. Sos is a morse code distress signal, used internationally, that was originally established for maritime use. Coast guardmanned naval vessels in world war ii the. Acacia w200 172ft buoy tender built 1919 1, ton ex army minelayer shelled and sunk by u161, 26 march 1942 crew safely abandoned ship bedloe w128 active class, 125ft cutter. Nineteen of the 23 naval transports attached to the campaigns task force were either manned by the coast guard or carried coast guard members. After retrieving the german supplies from the beach, the coast guard called the fbi.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Cg69a twin screw, steelhulled coast guard cutterwas laid down on 11. Coast guard is a terrific showcase for bela lugosi. It was the seventh of the sixtysix serials made by republic. On 1 july 1942 transferred to the us coast guard, reclassified as uss muskeget wag 48 and assigned to the station at boston for duty as weather ship in the weather observation patrol. Acknowledge to every cutter and shore station of the service officers and enlisted men, vessels and units. The coordination of efforts had been a topic of the joint chiefs of staff since 1942 and under discussion was whether a separate agency should be created for rescue operations or whether one of the existing services should be charged with primary responsibility. The torpedo alley, or torpedo junction, off north carolina, is one of the graveyards of the atlantic ocean, named for the high number of attacks on allied shipping by german uboats in world war ii.
Zero, a menacing italian jewish defense combination, the captain of the last new york rangers stanley cup winners, a national hockey league referee and a graduate of the long island city ymca. About world war ii navy, marine corps, and coast guard casualties, 19411945 this database contains a list of wwii navy, marine corps, and coast guard casualties. S coast guard took part this morning, in a delicate wreck recovery operation to bring to the surface a nazi submarine discovered two weeks ago at the bottom of lake ontario the uboat was spotted for the first time by amateur scuba divers in late january and they had contacted the authorities. A mad scientist tries to sell his formula for a dist integrating gas to foreign powers. In all, the coast guard manned 351 naval vessels in the course of world war ii, those so employed numbering 48,622 at the wars end. Dedicated to the brave and courageous men who served their country aboard this ship during world war ii. United states coast guard intelligence division vessel surveillance photographs, 193541. Its guns manned and its decks laden with depth charges, a coast guard combat cutter helps to safeguard a long line of merchant ships on the horizon carrying supplies for the battle of germany.
They were converted to digital format by jans daughter, jennifer. On the night of april 21, 1944, the coast guardmanned cargo ship etamin ak93, sailed as part of a 161vessel task force, including 20 other coast guard vessels, organized to make landings at hollandia, tanahmerah bay and aitape. During wwii the airsea rescue had been primarily a military operation. The plot concerns the mad scientist boroff bela lugosi attempting to sell a superweapon to the highest bidder, opposed by coast guard lieutenant terry kent, for both personal and professional reasons. Ww2 khaki momm 2c patch posted in navy, coast guard and other sea services.
With ralph byrd, bela lugosi, maxine doyle, richard alexander. U166 was sunk by a j4f of coast guard squadron 212 based at houma, louisiana, and piloted by ens henry white uscg. In order that no vessel should leave port without proper instructions, guard. Sos coast guard cliffhanger movie serial dvd ralph byrd.
Kustenwache des bundes is a civilian law enforcement organisation whose primary missions are border protection, maritime environmental protection, shipping safety, fishery protection and customs enforcement. Fortunately, navy lieutenant ralph byrd is on hand to battle the seedy boroff, who is also weird. Uss muskeget wag 48 american weather ship ships hit. The dale rooks web site has been set up by adam randazzo, whose grandfather, john baker, was aboard the duane as a medic with dale rooks. The coast guards first major participation in the pacific war was at guadalcanal and tulagi, the first major allied offensive of the war. A small garrison was left in place, which was quickly increased in april from 100 to 480.
In may of 1942 the coastal picket force was established, originally under the coast guard auxiliary. Sos coast guard, ralph byrd, bela lugosi, william witney, alan james, lee ford, maxine doyle german cinema from lutz mommartz 1,123 1. Looks like they shared miniature sets and stock footage, too. Cg69a twinscrew, steelhulled coast guard cutterwas laid down on 11. The book contains several key reports on guarding and patrolling our coasts and service in europe and south pacific helping to land and evacuate wounded troops during combat operations.
Us coast guard casualties, killed and died, world war 2. Coast guardsmen evacuated to safety 9,409 patients from local hospitals. Photographs460 negative images, in washington area. Dick tracys gmen 1939, sos coast guard 1942 and the vigilante 1947. Sos coast guard 1937 a guardsman ralph byrd and a newswoman maxine doyle trap an inventor bela lugosi of disintegrating gas. He is aided by the ubiquitous, brassy female reporter and her snappy photographer. Coast guard gunboats and cruising cutters 1915 through wwii wpg, wpf, wde most recent update. On april 9, 1940, germany invaded neighboring denmark, a nation of four.
Alexander hamilton, 1937 united states coast guard assets. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Official website for the crew, family and friends of the united states wwii coast guard ship lst 793. World war ii narrative histories, including district histories, 194145. A seasoned world war i veteran who joined the coast guard temporary reserve in 1942, malcolm willoughby draws not only from firsthand experience but fro years of research and writing as a coast guard historian. Donovan of new york, a highly decorated world war i veteran and recipient of the medal of honor, with a directive to stand up the office of the coordinator of information coi. Seventysix coast guard and coast guard auxiliary aircraft took part in the rescues. The auxiliarys main duty at the time was to supplement the coast guards main force, assisting with safety inspections, lifesaving, as well as patrolling coastal beaches looking for spies and saboteurs. Ww2 khaki momm 2c patch navy, coast guard and other. Mayday we are sinking this german coast guard video never. She is one of only two active commissioned sailing vessels in the united states military today, along with uss constitution which is ported in the boston harbor. The men included in this list were on active duty and fit into one of the following casualty categories.
I see i should have put this in the rank and rate thread. On 4 september 1941, the german submarine u652 fired torpedoes at the destroyer greer. These coast guard fighters played a major role in breaking the nazi submarine menace in 1942 and 1943. Sos coast guard, ralph byrd, bela lugosi, william witney, alan james, lee ford, maxine doyle. United states coast guard downloads we are in the process of updating the web site and all of our downloads.
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