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Rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard : great acts of heroism since 1878 / Dennis L. Noble.
Van Pelt Library VK1323 .N6299 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noble, Dennis L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Coast Guard--History.
- United States.
- United States. Coast Guard.
- Lifesaving--United States--History.
- Lifesaving.
- Lifesaving stations--United States.
- Lifesaving stations.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2005]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591146259
- OCLC:
- 56348064
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