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02348cam a2200373 a 4500 001 AFA04D8856D911DFB46C8AF9A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100503122515 008 090402s2009 ncuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009014100 020 $a 9780786428991 (softcover) 020 $a 0786428996 (softcover) 020 $a 0786442565 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786442560 (softcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)261400318 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d CDX $d BWX $d CGA $d IWP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Ostrom, Thomas P. 245 1 $a The United States Coast Guard in World War II : $b a history of domestic and overseas actions / $c Thomas P. Ostrom ; with a foreword by John Galluzzo. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland & Co., $c 2009. 300 $a xi, 248 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Prelude to Pearl Harbor -- The day of infamy : Pearl Harbor -- U.S. Coast Guard organization -- Port security, navigation, and aviation -- Coast Guard crews and navy ships -- Defense from the Great Lakes to the oceans -- Admiral Russell R. Waesche : wartime commandant -- Coast Guard air and sea warfare -- The greenland patrol -- The Atlantic war -- Guarding the convoys -- The Mediterranean : North Africa, Sicily, Italy -- D-Day at Normandy -- The Aleutians and the Bering Sea -- The Pacific campaign -- Pacific reminiscences -- Return to the Philippines and victory. 520 $a "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. This history details those and other important mission. It also describes how the home front presented its own unique dangers and challenges"--Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $b Coast Guard. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Naval operations, American. 610 10 $a United States. $b Coast Guard $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 941 $a 4 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240702021007.0 952 $l E7OX522 $d 20180524013935.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171230033243.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824024908.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AFA04D8856D911DFB46C8AF9A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search