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A 1942 photograph of German submarine U-123 attacking the steamship Cyclops. (uboatarchives.net)

Aug. 25, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s “Corsair Fleet” of World War II

Volunteer crews aboard a fleet of civilian sailing yachts hunted U-boats in the Atlantic.

An artist’s rendering of LCPs evacuating an ambushed marine battalion at Guadalcanal, which provides an accurate depiction of the bow configuration of a Coast Guard LCP. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 11, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Coxswain Canavan’s impossible story of survival at Guadalcanal 80 years ago

“I did more praying in those hours I spent in the water than I had done in the twenty previous years of my life.”

Faded color image of Chaplain Lt. Roland Gittelsohn in the field at Iwo Jima. (Findagrave.com)

May 26, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The Sermon—never forget the heroes of Iwo Jima

Dedication of 5th Marine Division Cemetery, Iwo Jima, 21 March 1945

U.S. Life-Saving Service crew pose for an official portrait in 1918 at Chicamacomico Station.

May 19, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Evidence suggests the Midgetts actually were Mighty!

The story of the Mighty Midgetts of North Carolina

Members of the Coast Guard aircrew that responded to the Gander crash. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 12, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Gander—the most famous aviation rescue that you’ve never heard of

This is the story of the Coast Guard's first civilian helicopter rescue.

A veteran of the Civil War as a U.S. Navy officer, and the Spanish-American War as part of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, Frank Hamilton Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services. He was a progressive thinking man and considered one of the finest officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 5, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Lt. Frank Newcomb and the Battle of Cardenas Bay 125 years ago

Spanning the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Frank Hamilton Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services.

Painting commissioned of Revenue Cutter McCulloch when it first set sail in 1897. (Coast Guard Academy Collection)

April 28, 2023

The Long Blue Line: 125 Years Ago—Cutter McCulloch in the Battle of Manila Bay

The role of the Revenue Cutter McCulloch in the Spanish-American War

Rare photograph showing a Life-Saving Service boat crew attempting to launch into heavy surf. (Courtesy of Richard Boonisar)

April 21, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “That others might live”—Ben Dailey’s Gold Medal rescue of the Ephraim Williams, 1884

From the 1885 Annual Report of the U.S. Life Saving Service about the rescue of the Ephraim Williams.

A U.S. Coast Guard Band member warms up as a boat patrols the Potomac near Ft. McNair during the U.S. Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony, May 25, 2010. Adm. Thad W. Allen was relieved by Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in a ceremony presided over by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released)

April 14, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The selling of the Coast Guard service song “Semper Paratus”

[Editor’s note: This essay is reprised from the December 2015 issue of the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association Bulletin. Our thanks to the Alumni Association for permission to republish Cmdr. Pecora’s essay and imagery.]The director steps to the podium and firmly taps his baton, bringing the military band to attention in the recording studio.

A rare photograph showing Snohomish from the stern. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 7, 2023

The Long Blue Line: A most unusual cutter—Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard Cutter Snohomish

One cutter, two services.

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