David Helvarg
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
xxiii, 356 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Since its founding more than two hundred years ago, the United States Coast Guard has rescued over a million people. On any given day, "Coasties" respond to 125 distress calls and save over a dozen lives. Yet despite having more than 50,000 active-duty and reserve members on every ocean and on our nation's coasts, great lakes, and rivers, most of us know very little about this often neglected but crucial branch of the military.
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