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At home and overseas, the United States Coast Guard served a variety of vital functions in World War II, providing service that has been too little recognized in histories of the war. Teaming up with other international forces, the Coast Guard provided crewmembers for Navy and Army vessels as well as its own, carried troops, food, and military supplies overseas, and landed Marine and Army units on distant and dangerous shores. This thorough history details those a… More >>
The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions
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#1 by Alan Eggers on March 24, 2010 - 3:18 am
What I liked most about this book is its ability to go from general characteristics of wartime Coast Guard service to specific missions such as Operation Hula and The Aluetian Campaign.
Ostrom conveys senses of action, deliberation and heroism. He doesn’t have a slow moment in the entire book. The narrative style provides a current that flows the reader from page to page. Highly recommended to any and all World War Two afficianadoes.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Elizabeth Plunkett on March 24, 2010 - 3:34 am
Ostrom creates a narrative that conveys the atmosphere of a peacetime service with a wartime mission. Well illustrated. Well researched. Both general doctrines and accounts of specific missions are well integrated.
Ostrom particularly achieves a striking account of how war differs from law enforcement, and also the striking similarities that exist for all men in uniform. I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.
Rating: 5 / 5