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In Their Own Words
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Chronological History
Search & Rescue
In Their Own Words
Aircraft

Storm God and Heroes

By Todd Lewan, AP National Writer

Courtesy of Juneau Empire
Juneau, Alaska
Published December 20-24, 1998

Search & Rescue Accounts

CG 1426 The Burmah Agate- Mimosa Tanker Fire

The Miracle Rescue: The Prinsendam

St. Petersburg Hall Boat Seaplane Lost

Rescue in Newfoundland – Sabena Air Crash 1946

The Minimum And The Maximum

A Selfless Calling

A Tragic Good Friday – 11 April 1952

Biscayne Bay Professionalism

The HH-52A and Those Who Flew It

The Goat and the Goat Herders

The Coast Guard Flight Crew

AST1 Willard Milam USCG

Northwest Flight 292 Rescue

Rescue of Survivors of Sabena Airline Crash 1946

“It’s Christmas, Daddy”

Manislov – This is Bill

Mayday – The Ocean Crusader

Ocean Express

Russian Medevac

The Jolly Greens – The Story of the Rescue of Scotch 3

HMS Bounty Rescue

Storm God and Heroes

Swatow, China, January 1953, P2V ditching, PBM crash and rescue

You Have To Go Out, But You Don’t Have To Come Back

Underwater Discovery Unravels Mystery

Kodiak Coast Guard HH-60 Helicopter Crash

The Bluebird Rescue

The Alaska Ranger Rescue

The Role of the HH-3F in SAR

The Perfect Rescue

The Rescue of the Crew of the Scalloper TERRY T

Semper Paratus and So Much More

MEDEVAC FROM THE FOG – SS STEEL EXECUTIVE

The Helicopter In Rescue

The Odyssey Rescue

Remarkable Rescues Video

Cape Kiwanda Rescue Video

Korean War – Ditching and Crashing – Rescuing and Sacrifice: The Story of Coast Guard PBM-5G #84738

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