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Behind the Codes: The Hidden History of Coast Guard Unit #387
—From Prohibition-era rum runners to Axis spy networks during World War II, Elizebeth Friedman and the Coast Guard team known as Unit #387 cracked thousands of secret messages that helped disrupt criminal operations and support the Allied war effort.
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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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“CG 1”—the Coast Guard’s first aircraft
—In 1926, the Coast Guard’s Loening OL-5 launched aviation for Prohibition interdiction, with Gloucester and Cape May air stations aiding cutters to counter rum-running.
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Ensign Duke and Seizure of Rum Runner Greypoint
—Drawing his pistol, Duke stalked toward the bridge. When one of the crew tried to block his access to the pilothouse, Duke immediately clubbed him to the deck.
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The infamous James Alderman and redemption of CG-249
—Almost all smugglers could be expected to try their hardest to outrun the Coast Guard, though if peaceably apprehended and given a small load and a first offense, smugglers could expect to get off easy, but Alderman was by no means a first-time offender.