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BMCM Maurice Poulin, World War II and my U.S. Army father-in-law
—After being transferred from the Coast Guard to the Navy in World War II, Poulin saw action in the Atlantic and Pacific while participating in many invasions while assigned the USS Leonard Wood.
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Jimmy Crotty—Joint forces hero of the Pacific War
—Mine sweeper, demolitions expert, and hero of Corregidor, Crotty served as a member of the Coast Guard, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
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80th Anniversary of the Leyte liberation—Merry Christmas from General MacArthur and the Coast Guard
—On Dec. 25, 1944, after a six-week campaign to liberate the Philippine Island of Leyte, Allied forces under General Douglas Macarthur were mopping up the last vestiges of Japanese resistance.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor—“a date that will live in infamy”
—The U.S. Coast Guard was supporting the war effort even before Pearl Harbor, and had proven itself Semper Paratus or “Always Ready” to perform any naval or maritime mission required to defeat the enemy in World War II.
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Joseph Toahty at Guadalcanal—Pawnee warrior strikes the first blow beside Douglas Munro
—In 1942, Native American Joseph Robert Toahty deployed for Guadalcanal, the Allies’ first amphibious operation of World War II.
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Rollin Fritch—Silver Star hero of Attack Transport Callaway
—“Planes! They’re coming from the stern!” With seconds to react, Coast Guard Seaman First Class Rollin A. Fritch leaped into action and peppered the incoming kamikaze with a hail of 20mm gunfire.
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Defending a “Large, Slow Target”—Joe Gerczak’s service and sacrifice from Philly to New Guinea
—Facing kamikaze attacks, Joseph Gerczak provides an example of unrelenting courage.