Show On n Every Evert Er Beachhead d Its It's the the the-C Coast ast Guard G 1 1 d Coast guardsmen landed the m tines at They The were unde I fire at Guadalcanal They were ithem I there them again at Tarawa The I manned landing storming U tl thI beaches of 01 Cape Gloucester an nr anI I I I and i tok in the Marshals Holland 3 an nr and DiaK m tn the invasion in i I Dutch New I Guinta Guinea More recently when navy y to tas forces moved against in to th Marianas coast co liSt gur guardsmen Ald opera I I ed assault a transports and tank land lan laming d ring r log ing ships and coxswains and gu gun gun n crews were at their posts in thy th thy y that swarmed to the e beaches d On the other side ol of o the world worl d r I I coast guardsmen landed em i id Id id d North Africa on In Sicily and at blood il d Salerno On D Lay C a when the Lie Lit Lil b e Armada swept across th k 1 English channel to breach Hitler Hiller e C I vaunted Europe In Voi Ol a at t. t t I mandy mand coast eoa t I were ur un were placed in convoy and escor escort service The period following the Armistice Armistic saw law the construction of the modern mode coast guard fleet New Diesel a ant and steam cutters cutlers were ere designed anu a and built Smaller fast patrol boa boats boat were developed New equipment was Installed on shore stations t Air Al power was made a vital part pan of th t the coast guard with the construction 01 o bases on the Atlantic and Pacific PacificA A fleet of planes of the newest d de de design sign were assigned to the servi and so 10 coast guard aviation long a cherished dream was a reality When the country thinks of coa coast coastguard coal guard law enforcement it usual usually associates it with Prohibition I AI Al Although though th ugh the coast guard was gives given the unpopular Job of enforcing th that tha unfortunate act it managed to oak mal malthe make the best of It In fact through Prohibition Pr Pro Pro- Prohibition the coast guard developed develop a valuable intelligence unit whirl which today serves the cause of national nation defense d as part of the naval Intel genre gence Dut But prohibition was only 01 one on of ot the enforcing law jobs of tl the th versatile coast guard gun rd The Na Nat Nar Oil Pollution Whaling am at and Alien AUen Smuggling are arc just a few of o othe the marine laws enforced by the n na nations nation's tion's maritime police force But Dut greatest of all 1111 the hundred four fifty fifty four years of the coast guars guard history has been this great glob globa war that will w rid the world of 01 tyrI ty tyro tyr I fl t r s I M Ma h a ia RELAXING with Sith a bit of not non non non- nonsense sense a coast guardsman on dolts dolls up in Japanese garments garment lie He is garbed In a silk kimono an ant and brocaded obi lie He shades himself himsel with a fancy faney parasol while he take takes aim at a parakeet with a Jap m ma machine chine gun rany and oppression Three of th tho guards guard's cutters made envoi ol hUtor by signal success against the sub sut sub submarine marine First it was the Campbell Campbel which in 12 hours of gruelling pi pc lion depth-bombed depth five enema enem enemy boats U-boats and shelled rammed nn am ond sank a sixth in a running battle while guarding a convoy Then The followed the Icarus feet of fightIng fight figh Ing inu fury which sank a n U-boat U o othe oft of the Carolina coast and took 33 pris prisoners The Spencer sister ship o othe of the Campbell reached her peak oj o oglory glory by sinking a sub stalking a convoy Beach neach Patrol The famed beach patrol reache reached its heights with the capture lion and elimination of 01 the sub land ed would would-be saboteurs who wet were trapped by an alert coast I on Long Islands Island's desolate shores 0 Oi Or OrI I guard against other landings cogs coa coos coos' guard dogs and horse patrols not no are ready to give any intruder l warm reception The port force a similar unit protects pier and harbors This war has seen een the full develop development development ment of coast guard aviation Whet Wier once coast guard filers fliers flew in ba bae weather on many an errand of me met mecy mercy cy they now skim over the vas expanses of the ocean acting as os a al ai umbrellas for victory convoys comos c o 01 constant alert for lurking subs 1 T TI TIthe the fleet o of flying boats of have been added the deadly d adly Kingfishers King fishers sleek trim planes flown b the same experienced men who fi fl flin I II in any weather under any cond condl tins i One more new branch of the serf ser serice servIce ice is the SPARS the women's n re reserve serve of the coast guard aimed s i a replacing coast guardsmen on shot shor stations throughout the countr country SPAR officers train frain at the at New London and enlisted nel net at the new training school i a s Palm Beach Deach Fla Over O 70 SPARS are now on duty but by th tr trend end of the year car will win be weal wea w eai ing the coast guard blue So S whether in peace or war th coast guards guard's greatest pride is 1 t live li faithful to its motto Semp n Alwa Always as s Ready An Ans s coast guardsmen are always alwa's ready- ready s to save sa lives patrol beaches beache cal I ture smugglers watch for lor iceberg I or fight tight their country's enemies |