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A Bright Shining Light
By Adam M. Grohman
Commanding an isolated and vulnerable lighthouse station in the Aleutian Islands, a junior U.S. Coast Guard officer struggles to define his leadership style during the early stages of World War Two. A Bright Shining Light is the riveting, fast paced story of love and the challenging responsibilities that will ultimately forge a young man into an accomplished officer and an honorable gentleman.
Email the author:  Adam M. Grohman
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Chronicles of Katrina - Lessons Learned
By Steven Craig
'Chronicles of Katrina' is split into two parts: the first deals with a series of e-mails that relays over a ten month period the status of recovery efforts for the area. The second part then presents steps the reader is encouraged to undertake to be prepared for the next disaster.
Email the author:
Steven Craig
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A Deep Blue Sounding
By Donald B. Hutton
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cape Solace mysteriously sinks while on patrol off the coast of Florida, taking 26 crewmembers to a deep water grave. At the same time, Coast Guard Intelligence Agent Brad Thomas surfaces from a deep cover sting operation in New York City netting two "Coasties" involved in smuggling for the Mob.
A Marine Board of Inquiry investigation yields no answers to the Cape Solace sinking, and the New York sting is covered up. What is happening to America's lifesavers, the "quiet service?" That's what Agent Brad Thomas, his life destroyed by the sinking of a second Coast Guard cutter, sets out to discover on a deadly path of vengeance and redemption that leads from gritty Miami streets to the innermost corridors of power in Washington.
There has never before been a book like this about the U.S. Coast Guard, written by one who was there in a critical time as a spy within the service.
Email the author: Donald B. Hutton
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A Sailor at War
By Maurice "Moe" Steinberg
This a memoir of my experiences of WW II from boot camp, to becoming a Morse Code radio operator on board a 240’ highly armed convoy escort and anti-submarine vessel with duty on the North Atlantic.
The experiences of hardships and hazards of escorting troop ships, merchant vessels and fuel tankers to Newfoundland and Greenland during the winter of 1944-45 included my special duties monitoring German U boat transmissions to reveal their presence on the surface. U boats remained a constant threat as we followed the North Atlantic routes. This is part of the story of the Greenland Patrol.
Email the author: Maurice "Moe" Steinberg
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Alaska and the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1867-1915
By Dennis Noble and Truman Strobridge
Not long after Alaska was purchased by the
United States from Russia in 1867, the
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS)
made its first appearance in the Bering Sea. Over the
next forty-eight years the ships and men of the USRCS
firmly established U.S. sovereignty in the area and performed amazing acts of rescue and humanitarian aid --
contributions that have received little attention until
the publication of this book.
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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Battle Stars and Naval Awards
By J. W. Perkins
A 350 page book listing of the battle history of all of Americas Naval fighting ships which earned Battle Stars, Presidential Unit Citations or Navy Unit Commendations during WWII or Korea. Over 20,000 Battle Stars were awarded during those wars, now you can read about each ship or unit, the engagement dates and any battles participated in.
All classes of ships are included, Ammunition Ships, Attack Transports, Battleships, Cruisers, Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, Destroyer Mine Layers, High Speed Transports, Hospital Ships, Landing Craft, Landing Ships, Merchant Marine, Motor Mine sweepers, Oilers, Patrol Escorts, PT Boats, Submarines, Sub Chasers, Tugs, and Coast Guard ships. Aircraft Carriers (and their fighter aircraft) are included.
Email the author: Jim Perkins
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Bingo! Bingo! Bingo!
By Edgar M. Nash
A gripping account of a brilliant World War Two battle plan for PT boats during the fierce Guadalcanal fighting in late 1942, with authentic dates, places and people for the most part. The story includes heavy USCG involvement, and begins with initial measures taken by powerful historic figures, steps that defy reader conclusions, and quickly gathers strength as it draws the reader along with gradually increasing pace without disclosing details of "Operation Sidewinder" until the fighting starts! The ending is a shocker! A must-read for people who have served in our military.
Email the author: Edgar M. Nash
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Bloodstained Sea - The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944
By Michael G. Walling
In November 1941, under orders from President Franklin Roosevelt, and even though America was not yet officially at war, officers and crews of the U.S. Coast Guard painted their gleaming white cutters battleship gray and steamed into action against the menacing U-boats of the Third Reich. Over the next four years, these men-normally dedicated to saving lives and rescuing ships in distress-would be locked in one of the longest and bloodiest running sea battles in history. Bloodstained Sea tells their powerful and inspiring story.
Email the author: Mike Walling
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Brotherhood of the Fin
By Jerry Hoover
Brotherhood of the Fin is about my life as a Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer. It whisks the reader through the stormy seas that defined my existence as I was transformed from average working guy to one of the rescue swimmers hacking open roofs in the aftermath of Katrina. No one player comprises the entire team and acting as a swimmer I was just one part of a great organization, the U.S. Coast Guard. Brotherhood shows how each member plays a vital role in our mutual successes.
Email the author: Jerry Hoover
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Brown-Water Boating
By Dean Gabbert
Brown-Water Boating may give you a new appreciation of the vital role which the U.S. Coast Guard plays on America’s rivers. Powerful towboats move the nation’s grain and fuel and sleek pleasure boats enjoy smooth sailing because the Coasties do their job without fuss or fanfare.
Dean Gabbert, a veteran river reporter, will introduce you to Master Chief Don Urquhart who many believe is the best river pilot in America. During 36 years of service, he worked on 14 western rivers and commanded six Coast Guard vessels. For five years he held the prestigious post of Enlisted Ancient Mariner, a ceremonial rank which goes to the CG’s senior enlisted man.
Email the author: Dean Gabbert
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The Coast Guard
By Tom Beard
Written by an outstanding team, including historians and distinguished active and retired officers including two Commandants, The Coast Guard has over 350 pages of riveting and informative text and stories of the "Coastie" experience. Essays on history, lighthouses, search and rescue, training, aviation, the drug war, and the war on terrorism all have one common focus: the incredibly trained and highly motivated people that make it all work. Stunning full-color and vintage photography and historically inspired paintings complement the text.
Email the author: Tom Beard
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Coast Guard Action in Vietnam - Stories of Those Who Served
By Paul Scotti
A well-crafted and engaging history of the Coast Guard’s unusual and dangerous involvement in Vietnam. From the haunting account of the Air Force’s accidental and fatal attack on the Coast Guard patrol boat Point Welcome, to the gripping description of sea battles with North Vietnamese gunrunners, Scotti leads his readers on an exciting sortie into the little-known world of the Coast Guard in Vietnam. Includes photos and a well-researched historical overview of perhaps the least-understood branch of the military.
Email the author: Paul Scotti
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The U.S. Coast Guard and Military Careers
By Judy Silverstein Gray
With a proud tradition of over two hundred years of service, the U.S. Coast Guard is ready to respond to any challenge. From dramatic and dangerous rescues at sea to the essential job of homeland security, the men and women of the Coast Guard make every bit of their training, equipment, and dedication count to complete each new mission. Judy Silverstein Gray brings the reader inside the Coast Guard, exploring its history, distinguished personnel, vehicles, and the careers that keep America's shores and waters safe.
Email the author: Judy Silverstein Gray
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Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf: First Commandant of the Coast Guard
By C. Douglas Kroll
When Ellsworth P. Bertholf was court-martialed and dismissed from the Naval Academy for a hazing incident, no one could have predicted his future greatness. But undaunted by his experience at the academy, Bertholf pursued a career in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and by 1902 had earned a special Gold Medal of Honor from the U.S. Congress for his role in a dramatic overland relief expedition to Alaska. By 1915 he had bypassed twenty-two officers senior to him to become the first commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard and went on to successfully steer his fledgling service through the trials of World War I. This biography of the man who has been called the savior of the Coast Guard offers a revealing portrait not only of Bertholf but also of the last years of the Revenue Cutter and Life-Saving Services and the early formative years of the Coast Guard.
Email the author: C. Douglas Kroll
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The Cuckolds Lighthouse: A challenge to all except the Mariner
By James D. Roche
The Cuckolds Lighthouse provides a look into the amazing history of a small lighthouse off the coast of Maine and the people who kept the little light going day and night.
Email the author: James D. Roche
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Drugbust On The High Seas
By Walter von Stockhausen
Short story based on the largest maritime drugbust in US history in May of 2001 on the Svesda Maru, a Japanese built fishing trawler with a Russian/Ukrainian crew, registered in Belize. This drugbust by the US Coastguard was made possible by the close cooperation with US Customs and DOD. The search lasted a week but the USCG finally outsmarted the Russian/Ukrainian crew. The story also depict the lives of two young men on opposing sides in this story, where their lives crossed each other during this drugbust.
Email the author: Walter von Stockhausen
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The Emerald Cathedral
By R. H. Jones
The Emerald Cathedral is a haunting tale of nature's
healing power, set in one of the most unique regions of the
United States - The Olympic Peninsula's rain forest. Young
Dale Dillard, comes to his grand parents
home to spend his summer vacation. Dale encounters a
mysterious and elusive creature, a creature so rarely seen, very
few people believe in its existence. The incident triggers a chain
of events.
Email the author: R. H. Jones
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Filipinos in the US Navy and Coast Guard During the Vietnam War
By Ray L. Burdeos
This is the story of the Filipinos who were not US citizens but allowed to join the US Navy and Coast Guard after World War II when Philippines was already an independent country and no longer a territory of the United States of America. The Filipino recruits were mostly college students and others with college degrees. The recruitment of Filipinos was strictly for the steward rate and nothing else. They were admitted into the service but not legally admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
Email the author: Ray L. Burdeos
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Fix on the Rising Sun
By Charles N. Hill
Fix on the Rising Sun, is the account of the world's first airline hi-jacking---the July 29, 1938 hi-jacking of Pan American Airways' trans-Pacific flying boat, Hawaii Clipper. It is also the story of the six investigations and of the attempts to recover the remains of the fifteen passengers and crew, still awaiting recovery from within a concrete tomb on Dublon Island, Truk (Chuuk) Atoll.
Email the author: Charles N. Hill
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Forgotten Warriors: Combat Art from Vietnam
By Dennis Noble
Dennis Noble's study of the "grunt," or the soldier in the field, redefines the Vietnam conflict using combat art, letters from the field, poetry, and anecdotes from American service members. For these Americans, the conflict was much different than the war that was edited and televised to the family back home, many miles from the action. For the grunts, the war meant dealing with harsh, extreme conditions, confusing alliances, and the realization that the ultimate sacrifice on the field meant little to the American public. They were forgotten warriors, and Americans were all but content to forget the conflict and the service members who participated in it.
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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From Humble Beginnings
By Lamar Jolly
In “From Humble Beginnings”, former “Coastie” and real estate developer Lamar Jolly lays out his story that covers the past 50 years, beginning as a member of the U. S. Coast Guard and continuing through a 40-year career as a real estate developer following his Coast Guard service. Jolly writes about five of the men who helped form the fabric of his life: Rear Admirals Louis M. Thayer and Raymond H. Wood, his longtime friend, Commander Orland D. French, now retired from the Coast Guard, his former pastor, Dr. J. Walter Martin of Temple Baptist Church, and his real estate mentor, Edwin A. Joseph, founder of Great Atlantic Real Estate. All of his heroes except French are deceased. Rear Admiral J. Scott Burhoe, a former Commanding Officer at Training Center Yorktown, wrote the Foreword. In chapters titled “Core Values”, “Faith Matters” and “Entrepreneurism”, Jolly shows both his humanity and humility, together with some of his successes and failures, and his longstanding faith that lead him to a place in service as a Lay Minister.
Email the author: Lamar Jolly
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FS's - The Little Ships That Could
By George P. Alton
A history of the campaign in the Pacific and the personal experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268.
Email the author: George P. Alton
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The Gatherers
By Mike Wall
The Gatherers is a psychological thriller in which John, an average everyday family man is attacked by a mysterious intruder with evil intentions. John becomes obsessed with finding out who or what this stranger is. Was it just a burglar? Was it the angel of death? Or was it a Gatherer? Soon the mysterious being starts appearing not only to John but begins to haunt his son, Nathan. The need to protect his family drives John’s obsession to the edge of madness building to a final, explosive confrontation that will change everyone’s lives. . . forever!
Email the author: Mike Wall
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"Grass" Is Where You Find It
By Earl E. Edenfield, Jr.
"Grass" Is Where You Find It covers the combined efforts of the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs to stop
the smuggling of marijuana into the southeast United States i the early Seventies.
Commander John Spencer, Chief of Intelligence in the Seventh Coast Guard District, and his counterpart Arthur Costello,
Chief of Customs Investigations, are assigned this responsibility with
instructions to "make something happen." Realizing that their
present program is inadequate to make any measurable impact, they
devise a scheme to infiltrate the drug runners operations and the
drug war is on.
Email the author: Earl E. Edenfield, Jr.
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Guide to Homeland Security Careers
By Donald B. Hutton, Anna Mydlarz
More than 100 career opportunities identified and described.
Email the author: Donald B. Hutton
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Guide to Law Enforcement Careers
By Donald B. Hutton
High school and college graduates, current and retired law enforcement officers - Make this book your first step toward a career in law enforcement.
Email the author: Donald B. Hutton
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Guide to Military Careers: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy
By Donald B. Hutton
If you're a young man or woman and thinking about a career in the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force or Coast Guard, this book is a great place to start planning! The military services offer training that will prepare you for any one of hundreds of highly rewarding manual, technical, and professional occupations. They'll teach you a variety of skills and show you how to operate the latest and best in hi-tech equipment.
Email the author: Donald B. Hutton
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Gunboat on the Yangtze: The Diary of Captain Glenn F. Howell of the USS Palos, 1920-1921
By Dennis Noble (Editor)
This work presents Glenn F. Howell's diary from June 6, 1920, to September 23, 1921, during which time he commanded the naval gunboat USS Palos on the Yangtze River. First comes a biography of Howell, an overview of Chinese history 1800 to 1920, and a history of the U.S. military involvement in China during those years.
Howell's time as commander of the USS Palos is divided into three sections. Preceding each, the editor comments on the nature of the upcoming diary entries. Howell covers a range of topics, including the Chinese people, various important locales (e.g., the Three Gorges), making official visits (his first as a captain), officer-enlisted man relations, opium, the steam navy, people who influenced him (S. Cornell Plant and Captain Joseph Miclo, skipper of the Meitan), missionaries and other foreigners in China (including U.S. military retirees), and "trackers" (China's human beasts of burden).
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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The Historic Northwest Passage and the CGC Storis
By Dick Juge
This book takes you on his journey though the Coast Guard enlistment and training processes and then on to voyages aboard three Coast Guard Cutters: SEBAGO out of Mobile, Alabama, STORIS in Alaska, and DUANE from Boston, Massachusetts. There are stories of boot camp mishaps, formidable icebergs, special swimming escapades, liberty adventures in many ports, and much more as the author grows to maturity with the sometimes unwelcome assistance of the U. S. military. If you served in the military you will love this as you recall your own youth.
Email the author: Dick Juge
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I Never Liked Those C-130's Anyway...
By Malcolm Smith with J. Wilfred Cahill
A book 20 years in the making. This book brings back some of the funniest moments of the Coast Guard during the time period between the “Old Guard” and the new modern Coast Guard.
Email the author: Malcolm R. Smith
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Images of America - Governors Island
By Sue Glen
Purchased from the Manhattan tribe of the Wappinger Confederacy by the Dutch, Governors Island has long been the secret island in New York’s harbor. Although this pristine island has appeared on maps since the 1600s, little regarding it has been known by the populace. It has been the site of horse races, inventions, college classes, hangings, military musters, and unidentified bones, All of these are part of the unique history explored within the pages of Governors Island.
Email the author: Sue Glen
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A History of Lake Quinault Lodge
By R. H. Jones
A perfect memento filled with historic and current photographs
of the Lodge, the lake and the Quinault Trail. A History of Lake
Quinault Lodge gives a concise narrative of one of the Pacific Northwest's
most beloved landmarks.
Email the author: R. H. Jones
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Knot Tying: The Basic Knots
Learn to tie 21 basic knots with this easy to use CD-ROM interactive reference! Use high quality video to clearly
see each and every step!
Knot Tying: Splicing Three-Strand Line
Learn to splice three-strand line with this easy to use CD-ROM interactive reference! High quality video shows
each step clearly!
Knot Tying: Advanced Knotting
Learn to tie twenty advanced knots with this easy to use CD-ROM interactive reference. Use high quality video to clearly
see each and every step!
Email the author: Dave Guldin
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L/E PAT: Law Enforcement Patrol
By John M. Manahan
Joseph James (J.J.) O’Brien joined the Coast Guard to save lives, and he likes his job. Every day of duty is different, and on any given weekend he may assist 10 to 20 civilian boaters in distress. This weekend will be even more different as he finds that he and his crew are to perform yet another new duty: law enforcement. On their first law enforcement patrol, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Point Camden find themselves in the middle of a foreign government’s plot to kill Americans. The calm waters of Southern California are brought to a boil as the crew deals with government agents, spies, bombs, and bullets. J.J. finds himself fighting for his life once again behind a machine gun back in another war: the war on drugs.
Email the author: John M. Manahan
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Lifeboat Sailors
By Dennis Noble
Lifeboat Sailors is the first book on the distinguished past, hazardous present,
and uncertain future of the U.S. Coast Guard's small boat stations, whose roots
extend back nearly 200 years. America's Smallest federal armed force, the Coast Guard has earned its
fame from dangerous rescues at sea. At the cutting edge of its humanitarian
mission are the small boat stations scattered along the country's coasts and
major waterways.
In a typical year, the
Coast Guard's powerful motorized
lifeboats and other small vessels
respond to over 37,000 calls for assistance. They save more than 9,000 people
in imminent danger. But despite the fact
that the small boat stations are the very
symbol of rescue upon the water, the
public knows little about what takes
place in them and even less about the
dedicated professionals who put their
own lives at risk to save others every day.
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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U.S. Life-Saving Station Kenosha, WI
By Edward C. Werner
Historical information on Kenosha's Life Saving Station from 1879 to 1915, when services were transfered to the U.S. Coast Guard
Email the author: Ed Werner
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Lighthouses & Keepers - The U.S. Lighthouse Service and its legacy
By Dennis Noble
Ranging from Maine's Portland Head to Drum
Point Light in the Chesapeake Bay and Sabine
Pass in the Gulf of Mexico, from the lighthouses on Washington's Olympic Peninsula to
those off San Diego and in the Midwest's Great Lakes,
this book creates a new awareness of America's historic
lights and the men and women who kept them. Many of
the nation's lighthouses are included, seven in great
detail, along with a summary of the development of the
Lighthouse Service from 1789 onward. The work is as
rich in historical information as it is in rarely seen photographs, and the reader can determine exact locations
using the fourteen maps supplied.
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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Love, Shame and Glory
By Edgar M. Nash
A forceful tale in one volume of two sequential books (Fit to Command and The Court-Martial of Ensign Mason) taken from the experiences of the author's WWII experiences at the USCG Academy and then as Gunnery Officer aboard a destroyer escort with service in the Mediterranean, UK and Atlantic. The story tells of Ensign Mason's wartime resourcefulness and courage during his personal and exceptionally significant mid-Mediterranean fight with German U-boats in a single highly-charged night after which it follows his improper court-martial and then fighting in the Pacific. From the opening pages, the story gently and steadily develops the beauty of enduring love between Ensign Mason and his lovely Leila as it interweaves their strong emotion through his wartime duties and battle experiences. Their love perseveres and finds strength in the powerful wartime heroics of Mason in both theaters of war. The final several pages are Soliloquy, a masterpiece which, perhaps, should be read first.
Email the author: Edgar M. Nash
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The Nautical Companion a Glossary of Terms & Knowledge
By Ken Medernach
If you are a nautical sort of person this book is a necessity. It contains a dearth of knowledge, filled with trivia, drawings, photos, charts, tables, poetry and sea shanties. This book is a MUST HAVE for your Seabag, Sea chest or library.
Email the author: Ken Medernach
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New Jersey Coast Guard and Rumrunners
By Van R. Field and John Galluzzo
With its many inlets, points, and coves, the coast of New Jersey stood out as a haven for rumrunners brazenly thumbing teir nose at the federal governent during Prohibition. New Jersey was also recognized as the birthplace of the federal government's shore-based units of the United States Coast Guard, the organization charged at the time with stopping the flow of "demon rum" into America.
Email the author: John Galluzzo
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On The High Seas
By Ken Medernach
Ken Medernach a swashbuckling seaman and author shares a few of his
inspiring and humorous boyhood adventures in On The High Seas. He tells how he built
his first sailboat and a raft, where he sailed them and what strange challenges he
encounters along the way. The stories will keep young readers captivated for many
enjoyable hours, and inventing adventures of their own. Ken grew up in Savannah,
Georgia along the Intracoastal Waterway where he and his young pals launched many
thrilling journeys.
Email the author: Ken Medernach
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Palawan
By C. D. Williams
Palawan is an adventure novel that has it all. There is an exotic tropical location. There are Muslim terrorists, missionary hostages, a millionaire's daughter, mercenaries, Borneo pirates and a struggle for survival. It's a story of friendship, courage, life, death and love played out under extreme conditions. The story begins half a world away in the Philippine jungle, continues in Las Vegas and has its unexpected climax on a remote ranch in the Arizonza high desert.
Email the author: Chuck Williams
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The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History
By Theresa Barbo, John J. Galluzzo and W. Russell Webster
On February 18, 1952, four Coast Guardsmen set out from Cape Cod during a fierce storm in a seemingly impossible quest to locate and rescue the crew of the damaged tanker Pendleton. They returned as heroes. This book chronicles the miraculous true story of Bernie Webber and the Coast Guard 36500 like no other book has before.
Email the author: John Galluzzo
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The Real Guardians
By Darrel Creacy and Carlito Vicencio
The true stories of five Coast Guard Helicopter Pilots and Rescue Swimmers. Between these pages are five stories of selfless heroes that put themselves in harms way "So Others May Live". Armed with state-of-the-art helicopters, rescue equipment and superior training, they acted independent of direct supervision to accomplish milestones in Coast Guard History. They did what they were born to do...they went out and rescued those in need.
Email the author: Darrel Creacy
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Rescue at the Top of the World
By Shawn Shallow
Winter came early to the Arctic in 1897. Frigid temperatures brought pack ice that filled the waters north of the Bering Strait. As a result, virtually the entire North American whaling fleet was trapped, stranding 300 men to die of starvation and exposure. Three escaping ships raised the alarm.
Answering the call for help, three officers from the early United States Coast Guard and two missionaries volunteered to travel over 1,500 miles through the Arctic winter to reach the shipwrecked whalers. Their plan was to drive a herd of reindeer to feed the stranded men. The rescuers' perilous four-month journey, through mountainous territory and barren sub-zero landscapes never before traversed, was fraught with blizzards, wolves, steep terrain, unstable ice, hunters, and bone-piercing cold.
Email the author: Shawn Shallow
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Rum Runners, U-Boats, & Hurricanes
By Bryan Galecki
Years in the making, this exciting new book details the complete history of the 125-foot Coast Guard Cutters Bedloe and Jackson, lost in the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 off the coast of North Carolina, spanning their entire history from inception during Prohibition in 1927 to their tragic loss during the final years of World War II. Includes many previously unpublished illustrations of original construction and the many modifications that were made through the years, plus numerous photographs of the Bedloe and Jackson. A gripping tale of adventure that nautical enthusiasts will enjoy from cover to cover! This is also by far the most comprehensive general history of the 125-foot Coast Guard cutter class available.
Email the author: Bryan Galecki
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Sailing Into The Abyss
By William R. Benedetto
A true story of a cargo freighter--the SS Badger State, chartered by the Navy to carry 500 to 2,000-pound bombs to Vietnam in 1969—sailing on a strange voyage that crosses over into the history books. Violent storms presage a series of extraordinary maritime events: bombs break out of their containers and run loose; an explosion results; crew abandons ship; lifeboat sunk by a bomb; albatrosses attack the survivors. The book has been endorsed by sailors, authors, and others, including retired CG officers, Vice Admiral Howard B. Thorsen, and Rear Admiral Edward Nelson; and NY Times bestselling author Homer Hickam.
Email the author: William R. Benedetto
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The Seas's Fury
By Mike Hazard
From the rugged wilderness of southeast Alaska to the breathtaking beauty of the Pacific Northwest, The Sea's Fury will take you on many daring and heroic rescues. This is a story that is dedicated to and personifies that spirit of lifesaving that still lives in the hearts and minds of determined and dedicated men and women who call the sea their home, who guard Americas coastlines, and are "Always ready" to preserve a life at sea.
Email the author: Mike Hazard
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Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones
By Richard W. Wise
Read the best selling book that set the gem industry on its ear.
Learn the secrets that your jeweler never told you, the true insider knowledge about
gem quality that will make you a savvy consumer and may save you big money.
Email the author: Richard W. Wise
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Ten Hours Until Dawn : The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
By Michael J. Tougias
Arguably the best story of peril at sea since Sebastian Junger's Perfect Storm (1997), this superb narrative deals with the blizzard of 1978, which hammered New England with hurricane-force winds and torrents of snow. When the tanker Global Hope ran aground off Salem, Massachusetts, and Coast Guard rescuers quickly got in trouble, pilot-boat skipper and ex-Seabee Frank Quirk took his converted yacht Can Do into the teeth of the gale to rescue even the rescuers. Then the weather took down Can Do's radio and power, and she eventually went on the rocks and was lost with all hands.
Email the author: Michael J. Tougias
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Terrorism and the Maritime Transportation System
By Anthony M. Davis
Terrorism and the Maritime Transportation System gives an alternative definition of terrorism and how we should be postured to fight against it in today's world. After a four-year survey, we have an inside look from the voices of law enforcement, intelligence, security and emergency management personnel. This book discusses areas of the Maritime Transportation System that are unheard in the news, yet challenges the security of our nation. Are we prepared?
Email the author: Anthony M. Davis
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That Others Might Live - The U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1878-1915
By Dennis Noble
From 1878 to 1915 the U.S. Life-Saving
Service was a small federal maritime organization
that carried out amazing rescues of
those in distress close to shore. Working
from small stations scattered along the coastlines of
the United States and using only oar-powered
boats, none longer than 36 feet, crewmembers
came to be known as "storm warriors" as they
pulled off rescues that almost defied belief. Considered one of the most valorous organizations ever
run by the U.S. government, the service carried
out thousands of rescues, and many of its men lost
their lives in the effort to save others. Yet since its
incorporation into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915,
the feats of this life-saving service have been largely
confused with those of its successor or forgotten
altogether.
Now for the first time in a full-length book, the
author presents an operational history of the U.S.
Life-Saving Service and places the agency within a
national context, shedding light on a little-known
aspect of maritime history.
Email the author: Dennis Noble
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The Curse of the AURORA
By Earl E. Edenfield, Jr.
"The Curse of the AURORA" is about a peacetime Coast Guard vessel during the 1960's that is cursed by a Voodoo Queen on St. Kitts Island in the Caribbean. At least the crew believes they have been cursed. The curse is placed on the ship because one of the crew refused to, in her words "make magic with her" after soliciting her services.
Curse or no curse the ship is packed with the wildest bunch of sailors ever to sail together, namely: Common Cable, Moon Eye Munson, Collision Course Goldstein, the navigator and a host of other funloving AURORA rowdies who manage to get themselves their ship and their captain into and out of more trouble than the rest of the service combined.
Email the author: Earl E. Edenfield, Jr.
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The Hooligan Navy
By Wesley E. Hall
The Hooligan Navy is about a Coast Guard that had just gone through a world war as part of the U. S. Navy. The story focuses upon the experiences of a young radio operator who served on the CGC Alert, the CGC Bramble, the CGC Chautauqua, the CGC Escanaba, the CGC Storis, and the CGC Taney. The action begins on the West Coast, moves to Baltimore and the Coast Guard Yard, travels down to Norfolk and Panama, and ends up back on the West Coast and in Alaska. It is a humorous book about a young ex-Navy sailor who found out the hard way that the Coast Guard is a very small outfit where the officers all knew each other and shared what they knew about recalcitrant swabs.
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The Mighty ‘E’astwind WAGB 279
By Warren Bonner
She was commissioned June 3, 1944. It was a bright warm sunny day in San Pedro, California, and the Western Pipe & Steel
Companies employees were proud to present her for this day. Three hundred Officers and men stood at attention during the
commissioning ceremony. She was the first USCG diesel electric Icebreaker built for polar service.
She captured the Nazis at Little Koldewey, Gr. and the only Nazi ship, ‘Externstiene’ captured in WWII. S
he was the first ship to travel 600 miles from the North Pole under her own power. Years later she broke
that record by plowing through heavy ice to 442 miles from the North Pole.
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The Rescue of the Gale Runner - Death, Heroism, and the U.S. Coast Guard
By Dennis Noble
This on-the-spot narrative of the February 1997 loss of three U.S. Coast Guardsmen from the Quillayute River Station during a maritime rescue is both a commemoration and a report of the failure of the Coast Guard's senior leadership to appreciate and support the work of enlisted men and women at often remote and dangerous small-boat stations.
The first in-depth look at a small-boat maritime rescue by the U.S. Coast Guard, this book is also the first to describe the role of those at small-boat rescue stations and of the policy setters at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its author was in the right place at the right time on a night when everything went wrong. From the first alarm to the dramatic helicopter rescue of the crew of a foundering sailboat, from the onshore rescue of the sole survivor of the first dispatched Coast Guard crew to the tragic losses, this man-against-the-sea tale is told largely in the words of the participants and others who were with author Dennis Noble at the station near La Push, Washington, on the night the tragedy unfolded.
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The Sound of Death
By Jack Mullen
A cancer researcher, Dr. Charles Hancock, discovers that electromagnetic rays from television, radio, satellite and even the common cell phone transmissions are a direct cause of some forms of cancer. Threatened with loss of FCC permits, the broadcast industry leads an effort to discredit the findings of Dr. Hancock by attempting to destroy him and his family. Well-financed investigations into his background uncover a mysterious missing year in his life - a year for which Dr. Hancock has never accounted. With billions of dollars at risk, the efforts to destroy Dr. Hancock are fierce. The missing year is the key to destroying him. The outcome is a bizarre twist that links history and intrigue. The 'secret' of Dr. Hancock is a shock for all involved, including the reader.
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The Steward and the Captain's Daughter
By Ray L. Burdeos
A dream of great possibilities. An escape from the searing, rust-laden hotbed that was their country. Such were the thoughts embedded in the minds of Filipinos who yearned to follow the tens of thousands of American servicemen who had boarded cruisers bound for the States after the surrender of Japan.1955. A young Filipino who idolized Americans - from the GIs who recaptured his hometown, to Frank Sinatra and his role in the film Anchors Aweigh yearned to travel abroad. To some, happiness lay far away from this island country, across an endless ocean of dreams and perceptions, and amid the cherry red Mustangs, movie debuts, and white picket fences of America.
Like thousands of other young Pinoys of the time, Ray scrambled from Sangley Point on the island of Luzon to enlist, as a Filipino citizen, in the U.S. Coast Guard. Seven and a half years later, he found himself in an enviable position, a place of privilege where many of the thousands of other Pinoy swabbees wished to be, as a steward to the Group Commander of the U. S. Coast Guard Base in New York City.
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They Had to Go Out: True Stories of America’s Coastal Life-Savers from the Pages of Wreck & Rescue Journal
Edited by John J. Galluzzo
The United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association formed in 1995 with a mission to “protect and preserve the history, artifacts and architecture of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the early Coast Guard. As part of that mission they have published more than a decade’s worth of articles on those subjects in their quarterly magazine, Wreck & Rescue Journal. They Had to Go Out is the first-ever compendium of the best of that magazine, with articles stretching from the formation of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1786 to Master Chief McAdams’ wild ride in a 36-foot motor lifeboat on New Year’s Eve, 1953.
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Tithes, Tongues, and the Traditions of Men
By Kevin Orie
Finally an exposition that gets down to the heart of matter! Learn about these issues
by going in depth, right down to foundational bedrock of these issues that beg to be
brought to Light! You are guaranteed to find some truths in this study that you have
never heard! You will come away from this journey into Gods word with a renewed spiritual
hunger for truth! You will be able to teach these issues from a fresh perspective which
is anchored in the word of God!
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USCG Station Panama City, Fl - A Seventy-Two Year History, 1933-2005
By John Raffield
Read about the history of Station Panama City, Cutters, Lighthouses, and LSTs in this seventy-two year history of the Coast Guard's activities in the Florida Panhandle and the front-line coastal defense of the southern United States during WW II. The 121 full color pages along with 68 photos recount the history and memories of Station Panama City.
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Voyage of the Forest Dream
By Captain Niels Peter Thomsen
The Voyage of the Forest Dream is a personal chronicle of one of the last commercial sailing ships to depart from the Pacific Northwest on a prolonged voyage to the Far East via Cape Horn. This true narrative is the story of a boy's passage to manhood. It begins in the month of September 1925, when a young sailor strays from the Seattle waterfront to find employment wrapping fish in newspapers for customers at Pike Place Market. In the Seattle Times he sees a photo of a five-masted sailing ship scheduled to sail in two weeks from Victoria, B.C. to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean on a voyage circling the globe via Singapore.
This was during a wild and violent era when the United States prohibited the importation of alcohol into the country. The night before sailing from Victoria, the captain smuggles one hundred cases of scotch whiskey on board the Forest Dream. The sailors conceal it in the lazaret sail locker with the intention of delivering it to a rum runner off the Southern California coast, but a US Coast Guard cutter thwarts the rendezvous. The vessel proceeds on her planned voyage around Cape Horn, across the Atlantic Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope and on to Mauritius.
The voyage becomes a nightmare of many months at sea.
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Winds That Pass
By Clay Renick
Jessie Hurst covers a news story at the small town of Haven after a tornado causes massive damage. But there she meets Tom Grey, a former Coast Guard pilot. He challenges her to get involved in disaster relief and not just report about it. She does and it almost takes her life.
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Wonderful Flying Machines: A History of U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters
By Tom Beard
The story of the helicopter and its creator, Igor Sikorsky, and chief
promoter, a young Coast Guard lieutenant named Frank Erickson, closely
parallels that of Wilber and Orville Wright and their first flying machine.
Like that famous brother team, these courageous visionaries risked their
lives and careers on a dream. Dubbed "Igor's Nightmare" in the early days of
its development, the helicopter brought derision and ridicule on its
supporters. Few who saw the contraption, with its flailing rotors and
staccato motion could be convinced that it was the momentous achievement it
would one day be considered.
This book clearly demonstrates the problems encountered by the
personalities involved and their strengths in developing the helicopter for
Coast Guard use. It shows how Erickson and his friend and mentor, Coast
Guard captain William Kossler, undaunted by their lack of support, fought
with single-minded intensity to establish the helicopter as a vital rescue
tool in the service. Kossler died while the project was still in its
infancy. Erickson left the service in disgrace but lived to see his efforts
succeed when the helicopter revolutionized search-and-rescue operations.
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World War Two USCG Warriors of USS Menges,
DE 320
By Edgar M. Nash
Here is a book of great historical value, that contains the personal wartime accounts (some critical) of 36 crewmembers - or their surviving family members - of DE 320, in their own words (and in some cases, their own handwriting) especially relating not only to the wartime duties of the ship but of her being torpedoed in the Mediterranean. The flag of Division Commander Wood was aboard MENGES. This book contains much background history of the ship and of the War of the Atlantic. It was compiled and published by her Gunnery Officer, Edgar M. Nash, in 2002. About 150 pages, 8.5 x 11, firmly bound to last.
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