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Rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard : great acts of heroism since 1878 / Dennis L. Noble.

Title: Rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard : great acts of heroism since 1878 / Dennis L. Noble.
Author: Noble, Dennis L.
Publication: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2005.

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xv, 300 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. 1878-1914. Brave and persistent efforts -- Unflinching heroism -- Prodigies of heroism -- Angels in oilskins -- March 1902 -- pt. 2. 1915-1964. New weapons against the sea -- Business as usual -- The rescue of the Pendleton -- I thought it was the end -- pt. 3. 1965-1995. It is a rewarding job -- Helicopters and rescue swimmers -- Station Yaquina Bay, Oregon -- pt. 4. 1996-2003. Into the twenty-first century -- Helicopters versus gales.

ISBN

1591146259 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2004019829^^

OCLC

56348064

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