Coast Guard Report #7: On Foreign Shores

About this film

Coast Guard Report #7: Coast Guard At War On Foreign Shores . Narrated by Jackson Beck. National Archives description: "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

United States. Coast Guard, Jackson Beck, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands -- Guadalcanal, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Ryukyu Islands, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Southern, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Luzon, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, Tarawa, Battle Of, Kiribati, 1943, USS Joseph T. Dickman (APA-13), World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North, USS Hunter Liggett (AP-27), USCGC Northwind (WAG-282), World War, 1939-1945 -- Amphibious Operations, World War, 1939-1945, Anzio, Battle Of, Anzio, Italy, 1944, USS Bayfield (APA-33), USS Arthur Middleton (APA-25), Waesche, Russell R. (Russell Randolph), 1886-1946, USCGC Alexander Hamilton (WPG-34), Anzio Beachhead, 1944, USS Chase (DE-158), United States. -- Coast Guard -- History -- World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval Operations, American, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands, Search and rescue operations

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