USCGC Duane on North Atlantic Convoy Duty During my recent vacation I had time to read a bit of Coast Guard history, the book “Bloodstained Sea, The U. S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944,” by Michael G. Walling. copyright 2004. It may not capture everything the Coast Guard did in the […]
“Bloodstained Sea” –a Book Review, and more on Convoys — Chuck Hill’s CG Blog
“TUE., FEB., 02/2021- THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC/1939-1945, THE MOST DECISIVE CAMPAIGN, AND LONGEST CAMPAIGN OF ALL OF W.W.II. THERE WERE U.S. DESTROYERS, WARSHIPS THAT SERVED IN THE BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC, AND WERE SUNK, WITH CASUALTIES…EVEN BEFORE DECEMBER 07/1941…PEARL HARBOR, THOUGH SOME INTERESTED PEOPLES ARE UNAWARE. U.S.C.G.C., THE FAST CUTTERS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, SAW CONSIDERABLE ACTION, AND YES…WERE AN ASSET TO THE UNITED STATES NAVY, THE ROYAL NAVY, OUR-ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY…IN SINKING THE GREY WOLVES; THE GERMAN KREIGSMARINE U-BOATS…THE THREAT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN/1939-1945…THE U-BOATS!!!”
” NOTE: EXCELLENT TRAILER-GREYHOUND, and LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET…THE THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN, BRITISH, CANADIAN, FRENCH, AUSTRALIAN, AND ALL ALLIED HEROES/MEN OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC, WHICH INCLUDES ALLIED MERCHANT MARINERS AND ALLIED AIR FORCES PERSONNEL-THAT FLEW ANTI-SUBMARINE/U-BOATS/GERMAN WARSHIP-GERMAN MERCHANT SHIPS SORTIES; TO DEFEAT THE MOST POWERFUL GERMAN MILITARY BRANCH…THE GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE!!!”
”Still stands thine ancient sacrifice, a humble and a contrite heart; Lord God Of Hosts be with us yet, LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET.” Poem by Rudyard Kipling.
“At the going down of the sun, and in the morning; WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.”
“YOURS AYE: Brian MURZA/Killick Vison, W.W.II Naval Researcher-Published Author, Thorold, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada.”
”Credit: Mr. Chuck HILL.”
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