Historic Documents & Official Publications (Database)

Documents, including PDF photo collections, reproductions and scans of drawings, illustrations, and images, from the archives of the U.S. Coast Guard and its five predecessor agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service from the Coast Guard Archives and Special Collections, Coast Guard, and National Archives.

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1942 - The Greenland Ice Cap Rescue of B-17 "PN9E"

Article describing the Coast Guard's role in Greenland during World War II--the rescue of the crew of the downed B-17 PN9E

VIRIN: GREENLANDPATROLICECAPRESCUETAUB2011.PDF
Photo by: CAPT Donald Taub, USCG (Ret.)
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