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Coast Guard Report No. 7: On Foreign Shores
About this film
"On overseas activities of the Coast Guard in World War II. Includes views of the amphibious invasions of Guadalcanal, North Africa, Anzio, Tarawa, Saipan, Luzon, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Normandy, and South France. Cutters shoot down an airplane, patrol a Persian port, deliver supplies and men to Greenland, release depth charges, and sink a German boat. Coast Guardsmen place buoys in a port, load supplies on B-24 plane, load wounded Marines aboard transports off Tarawa, and rescue sailors of ships sunk by Japanese suicide planes off Okinawa. Shows the cutters Northwind and Hamilton and the transports Hunter, Leggett, Dickman, Wood, Chase, Middleton, and Bayfield. Adm. Waesche decorates Coast Guardsmen." National Archives Identifier: 5949 As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)
Directors & creators
United States. Coast Guard
Subjects
WWII, Cargo ships, Waesche, Russell R. (Russell Randolph), 1886-1946, Cutters (Ships), Search and rescue operations, Buoys, US Coast Guard, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, B-24 Bomber, United States. -- Coast Guard -- History, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious Operations
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