Coast Guard | War History

Humphrey Bogart Served In Two World Wars In Very Different Roles

Although Humphrey Bogart is remembered as one of the greatest Hollywood actors of all time, we should also remember him for his efforts during the…

Bombed & Strafed By Friendly Fire This USCG Chief Took Charge and Saved Lives

War is always full of tragedies, but friendly fire incidents are often the worst. In 1966, while off the coast of Vietnam, a United States…

Vintage AT-6 Texan Crash Claims Two lives

On 23rd March 2016, eyewitnesses saw a plane crash into the Columbia River about a mile north of Pier 39. It was late in the…

Future of JFK’s Cold War Bunker in doubt

The Port of Palm Beach and the operators of the bunker where President John F. Kennedy would have been protected had World War III erupted…

Water-bound Coast Guard World War Two Veteran Tells His Story

A World War Two veteran who has spent the majority of his time on or in the water recalls his military service at the age…

‘It was a great life’ Local veteran shares story of 28-year career in U.S. Coast Guard – By Jeremy P. Amick

  These days, it is more the exception than the rule that a person can spend nearly three decades working in the same career field;…

Pittsburgh World War I memorial has plaque stolen

Ian Harvey
Pittsburgh

A memorial to the US soldiers who took part in World War I in McKeesport, Pittsburgh has had its bronze plaque stolen. The marble memorial featured the…

Rare Coast Guard Cutter Pictures Surface

Ian Harvey
Coast Guard

It has not been that long since LIFE.com uploaded a number of rare Coast Guard pictures taken by a deceased veteran by the name of…

Reising Model 50 Submachine Gun Sold in Mississippi

Ian Harvey
submachine gun

In rural Mississippi, there is a town called Macon. There are other towns like it, but Macon has something most towns do not. Namely, a…

D-Day Memorial And The Bedford Boys : 70th Anniversary

Ian Harvey

According to President April Cheek-Messier, this might be the last big gathering at the National D-Day Memorial, as the youngest veterans are now in their…