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Historical Narratives

Chronicles of Coast Guard Aviation

A collection of documents giving compelling accounts of significant events and the biographies of pioneers in Coast Guard Aviation.

1432 Remembrance Ceremony

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First Coast Guard Overflight of the Geographic North Pole May 7, 1969

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Expedition to the Arctic: Coast Guard Aviation and the Distant Early Warning Line (1955)

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USCG Helos to the Rescue

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The Story of Chief Gus Jablonski

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The Cold War: CG Reconnaissance Flights

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John M. “Muddy” Waters Jr. USCG

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Elmer Stone: Aviation Visionary

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Hank Pfeiffer and the HO4S-3G 1305

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A Job Well Done: Captain Michael D. Emerson USCG

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Casey Quinn: One of a Kind

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Cosmic Overseas Airways

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Captain David Gershowitz USCG

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Making A Difference

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CDR Frank Lawler Shelly, USCG The HH-52A Helicopter

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On the Edge

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Walter C. Bolton: A Chronology of Events and Achievements

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First Coast Guard African American Woman to Receive the Air Medal

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First Women of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation

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Coast Guard Aviation and the Drug War

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And That’s The Way It Was: Combat SAR in Vietnam

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Out of the Wreckage

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The Coast Guard’s Air War At Sea

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Rough Seas and Cigars

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Alaskan Monarch Trapped by Ice

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Hafa Adai and Salty Dogs

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Did You Really Do That?

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Betsy: The Other Hurricane

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Genesis of the Coast Guard HH-65 Helicopter

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The Sinking That Never Happened by an Airplane That Never Flew

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Cap’n Mac and Flying Coffins

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JATO – The Early Days

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Who Saw This Coming

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Bernie’s Air Stories

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Eyes of the Icebreakers

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U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Pilots

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The Indispensable Men

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Hurricane Katrina

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A Different Time – A Different Environment

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A Hand Salute to an Outstanding Group

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Nostalgic Sea Language

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Number 66260

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CGAS Sangley Point History

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Grand Fun While It Lasted

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Special Unit Profile USCG Air Station Miami

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CDR Elmer Archie Stone

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Coast Guard Aviation

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Rotary Wings and Other Things

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The Story of Coast Guard Aviation

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The Future Of CG Aviation

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Story of CF Edge – Locating First CG Air Station Alaska

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A Star is Born – Story of the RD Dolphin Pterodactyls placed in the Naval Air Museum

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Naval Air Station Sidney WWI

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The Grumman Albatross – A World Beater

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Cigars and Rough Weather

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First Helo Ice Breaker Deployment

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North Star J2F Duck

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The Day I Was Ten Feet Tall

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CG Aviation Beginning Demise Resurrection

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The Legacy of Commander Elmer F. Stone – Coast Guard Aviator #1

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The First Transatlantic Flight

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A Brief History of Coast Guard Aviation

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Some Recollections of Early Coast Guard Aviation

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The Norther

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Operation Tight Reign

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Wolfpack and Sunday Comics

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A History of the United States Coast Guard Catalina, PBY-5, No. V-189

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CGAS Port Angeles WWII Diary

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Waco J2W-1 and El Paso Detachment

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US Coast Guard and Goats In Greece

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Coast Guard Air Station Brooklyn’s 50th Anniversary

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History of Operations at USCGAS Biloxi

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Coast Guard Aviation in Vietnam

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