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July 8, 2022
The Long Blue Line: A big band Coastie and his Italian prisoners go to town in WWII
Playing through the years.
July 1, 2022
The Long Blue Line: The journalist rating
From wartime communications PAs tell our service's story
June 24, 2022
The Long Blue Line: The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever
Taken from the old CGBlog as it appeared in 2019
June 17, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Cleaning up after Florida's most destructive hurricanes
Hurricane season is here, we take a moment to remember clean up efforts from Hurricane Michael in 2018.
June 8, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Katmai—Part III. Modern world’s largest eruption and the Coast Guard responds!
The three-part conclusion of the three day eruption in what would become Katmai National Park in 1918.
June 6, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Katmai—Part I. America’s worst volcanic eruption and the Revenue Cutter’s humanitarian response
The Revenue Cutter Service was one of the agencies that combined to create to the U.S. Coast Guard. This is their story
June 3, 2022
The Long Blue Line: D-Day, 1944—MoMM2 Swierc and the heroic saviors of CG-16
The night of the invasion was unbelievable. There was a continuous flash of light in the sky and we could hear the bombs. It was nonstop fire. - Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Mike SwiercNearly 80 years have passed since Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class Michael J. Swierc served on the Coast Guard Cutter CG-16 off Utah Beach during the
May 30, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Seaman First Class Fletch Burton—he went in harm’s way so others might live free
Memorial Day we remember those who gave all.
May 27, 2022
The Long Blue Line: World War II Chief Commissaryman Robert Manges—100-years strong!
Celebrating a 100-year-old Coast Guard veteran
May 20, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Four Minutes after Midnight—Bligh Reef, Murphy Prefers Midnight!
Exxon Valdez tragedy...32 years later
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