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Rear Admiral Frederick Billard — commandant, commander, warrior, educator and mastermind of rapid expansion
—Billard oversaw the largest and fastest peacetime expansion in Coast Guard history.
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Dobbins and Knapp—Frontier Mariners, Naval Officers, and Revenue Cutter Masters
—The worst place for an American to be in the spring of 1812 was anywhere along the Canadian border—it was like a winding stretch of gunpowder ignited on one end.