The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II - Pacific Theatre Operations

Historical Bibliography

Articles

"Another Type of Frigate Duty [New Guinea]." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1944), p. 65.

"Around the Globe: Reports of Coast Guard Activity in Solomon Island Engagements Awakens the American Public to World-Girdling Fighting Activities of the Coast Guard." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1942), pp. 6-10.  [Includes account of a combat action that included Raymond Evans and Douglas Munro well before the battle that claimed Munro's life.]

Bailey, R.L., Jr. "Venture into 'Kamikaze' Land." The Bulletin (Sep 1945), pp. 175-181.

Baumgartner, Herbert. "Causalities in the Pacific." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1945), pp. 58-59.

________. "The Victory of Saipan." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1944), pp. 31-35.

"Bibb Splashed [Japanese] Plane at Okinawa." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1945), pp. 18-19.

Browning, Robert M., Jr. "Amphibious Road to the Philippines." Commandant's Bulletin (Sep 1994), pp. 30-34.

________. "The Coast Guard at Iwo Jima." The Coast Guard Reservist (Feb 1995), pp. 4-6.

________. "The Coast Guard at Iwo Jima." Commandant's Bulletin (Feb 1995), pp. 29-31.

________. "The Coast Guard in World War II--Guadalcanal." Commandant's Bulletin (Sep 1992), pp. 22-25.

________. "Conquest of the Philippine Islands." Commandant's Bulletin (Nov 1994), pp. 18-22.

________. "D-Day Dawns: Marshall Island Invasion." Commandant's Bulletin (Feb 1994), pp. 20-23.

________. "Douglas Munro At Guadalcanal." Naval Affairs (Sep 1992), pp. 2, 23.

________. "Pacific Invasions of World War II." Commandant's Bulletin (Nov 1993), pp. 23-27.

________. "Praying in the land of kamikaze pilots, suicide boats and torpedo craft: The Coast Guard at Okinawa." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 1995), pp. 24-27.

________. "25 Days to a Model Operation." Commandant's Bulletin (Sep 1994), pp. 30-34.

Bryant, Lee. "Operation Watchtower." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 30 1985), pp. 10-13.

"CALLAWAY Suffers [Japanese] Bomb Hit." The Bulletin (Apr 1945), p. 21.

"Casualties at Iwo." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1945), p. 53.

"Coast Guard Aids in Solomon Islands Offensive." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 4 (Oct 1942), p. 38.

"Commandant Visits Pacific Forces." The Bulletin (Oct 1943), p. 119.

"Cutter Served As [Japanese] Decoy: Unarmed Buoy Tender Assumed Novel Role as Lure for Japanese Raiders off Midway Island in First Days of War." Coast Guard Magazine (July, 1942), pp. 12-14.

"Cutter Spencer Hits [Japanese] Hard at Mindanao Stronghold." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1945), p. 29.

Dexter, D.H. "Guadalcanal Ferry." Yachting LXXIII (May 1943), pp. 30, 73.

Earle, William K. "Far East Adventures." The Bulletin (Oct 1999), pp. 26-27.

"Explosion of SERPENS Survived by Only Two Men." The Bulletin (Apr 1945), pp. 20-21.

Evans, Edna H. "Canine Warriors in the South Pacific." Travel 85 (Aug 1945), pp. 27, 34.

"Eyes Toward Tokyo!" Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1945), pp. 20-21.

Flamm, Don. "Today I Saw Death Strike." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1945), pp. 18-20.

Forney, J.H. "O-M-I-N-A-T-O S-U-R-R-E-N-D-E-R-S." The Bulletin (Nov 1945), pp. 231-233.

Foster, Kevin. "Pacific War [Guadalcanal]..." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 1992), pp. 21-23.

Garner, Everett L. "Moving in at Makin." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1944), pp. 15-17.

Gelly, G.B. "When War Came to the Coast Guard, 7 Dec 1941." The Bulletin (Jan 1945), pp. 220-222.

"'H' Hour!" Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1945), pp. 25-27.

Haffert, William A. "Easy Pickings at Emirau." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1944), pp. 38-40.

________. "This Was Saipan!" Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1944), pp. 38-39, 42.

Haley, Alexander. "In the Pacific." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1944), pp. 39-40.

"He Sank a [Japanese] Sub." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1945), p. 29.

Hilton, Robert M. "'We Land At Saipan.'" The Bulletin (Oct 1944), pp. 145-148.

Humphreys, C.C. "News from the Solomons." The Bulletin (May 1943), pp. 25-27.

"Incident of the Alchiba."The Bulletin (Dec 1943), pp. 160-161.

"It was Zero Hour at Zamboanga Beach." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1945), pp. 48-49.

"Iwo was Bloody!" Coast Guard Magazine (May 1945), pp. 18-20, 22.

"[Japanese] Foiled by Coast Guard; Chief Boatswain G.J. Churchill Evades Submarine's Attempt to Sink Lifeboat." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1942), pp. 20-21.

Klenhard, Dick. "Iwo Diary. Aboard a Coast Guard LST." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1945), pp. 24-25.

"The Landings at Licata." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1953), pp. 26-29.

Larson, Kay. "MacArthur's Navy." Coast Guard (Dec 1999), pp. 30-35.

Leary, R.T. "Semper Paratus." Naval Institute Proceedings 70 (Apr 1944), pp. 405-414.

"LST-167 and 203 Lost." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1952), p. 31.

"LST Bags [Japanese] Planes [at Leyte]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1945), p. 49.

"LST Gunners Bag Four [Japanese] Planes Off Leyte." The Bulletin (Jan 1945), pp. 234-235.

"LT Thomas J.E. Crotty Commended by SecNavy." Coast Guard Bulletin VIII, 6 (Dec 1952), p. 128.

"Luzon Declared Toughest Invasion." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1945), pp. 55-56.

"Luzon Highlights." The Bulletin (Mar 1945), pp. 308-310.

Maier, George. "From a Lookout in the Pacific: The Duty Days of a Pacific Coast Guardsman." Etude LXII (Mar 1945), p. 132.

More, Charles. "The Commander [Commander Dwight Dexter, USCG] Returning From Jungle Heat and Wrath of the Enemy, An Eye Witness Describes the Man Who Led Coast Guard Forces at Guadalcanal." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1943), pp. 8-10.

Morris, Frank D. "Beachboys." Collier's (May 1, 1943), p. 38.

Murphy, William E.  "Kamikaze Attack [USS Callaway, APA-35, at Luzon]."  The Quarterdeck Log 17, No. 4 (Winter, 2002), pp. 20-23.

Nalty, Bernard C. and Truman R. Strobridge. "The Taney: A Cutter that Defied the Kamikazes." Sea Combat 2 (Oct 1979), pp. 22-31.

"Never a Dull Moment on the Flying Dutchman [LST-759]." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1945), pp. 44-46.

"Nine Planes and Six Invasions Record of LST [205]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1946), p. 20.

"Occupation of Amchitka." The Bulletin (Aug 1943), pp. 83-84.

Opp, C.M. "Letter From Leyte." The Bulletin (Mar 1945), pp. 285-288.

"Overseas with the Invaders [Admiralty Islands]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1944), pp. 36-40.

"Overseas with the Invaders [Saipan]." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1944), pp. 24-25.

Parker, Stuart L. "D-Day at Iwo." The Bulletin (Apr 1945), pp. 12-13.

Pero, Robert. "The Story of Bougainville." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1944), pp. 36-37.

"Semper Paratus, a Coast Guard Officer Explains Many Details of the Landing at Tarawa That Have Hitherto Been Undisclosed." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1944), pp. 18-20, 22-26.

"She's Ready to Fight Again." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1945), pp. 54-55.

Stanton, J.L. "Service Notes: Cutter Spencer." The Bulletin (Sep 1945), pp. 182-183.

Strass, H.R. "MacArthur Moves Back!" Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1945), pp. 14-17.

"'Sweetgum' Fought 'Battle of Coco Solo.'" Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1956), pp. 33-35.

Terry, Robert. "Cutter Served as [Japanese] Decoy." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1942), pp. 12-14.

"They Smashed a [Japanese] Sub! [CGC McLane]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1944), pp. 40-41.

"War and the Coast Guard: [Japanese] Foiled By Coast Guard: Chief Boatswain G. J. Churchill Evades Submarine's Attempt to Sink Lifeboat." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1942), pp. 20-22. [Sinking of SS Emidio.]

Wayne, A.F. "Memories of Pearl Harbor after Forty Years." The Bulletin (Sep/Oct 1981), pp. 30-31.

Wessborg, Eric. "Victory at Aitape." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1944), pp. 14, 45.

White, Richard D., Jr. "Buoy Tenders and Kamikazes." Coast Guard Engineers' Digest CLXXXIV (Jul-Aug-Sep 1974), pp. 27-31.

Wright, W.A. "In the Aleutians." The Bulletin (Jan 1944), pp. 171-173.

Books and Government Publications

Alton, George.  FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268.   By the author, 2000.

Browning, Robert M., Jr. The Coast Guard and the Pacific War. Washington: U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office 1995.

Ford, Corey. Short Cut to Tokyo: The Battle for the Aleutians. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943.

Fredrick, Leon. Hooligan Sailor: The Saga of One Coast Guardsman in World War II. Ozark, MO: Hazelwood Publishing, 2005.

Johnson, Robert E. Bering Sea Escort: Life Aboard a Coast Guard Cutter in World War II. Annapolis: NIP, 1992.

Karig, Walter, & Welbourn Kelly. Battle Report: Pearl Harbor to Coral Sea. Volume I. New York: Farrar & Rinehar, Inc., 1944.

________., & Eric Purdon. Battle Report: Pacific War, Middle Phase. Volume III. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1947.

________., Russell L. Harris, & Frank A. Manson. Battle Report: The End of an Empire. Volume IV. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1948.

________. Battle Report: Victory in the Pacific. Volume V. New York: Rinehart and Company, Inc., 1949

Russell, Richard A. Project Hula: Secret Soviet-American Cooperation in the War Against Japan. The U.S. Navy in the Modern World Series, Booklet No. 4. Washington: Naval Historical Center, 1998.

Shrader, Grahame F. The Phantom War in the Northwest: And an Account of Japanese Submarine Operations on the West Coast, 1941-1942. Edmunds, WA: By the author, 1969.

Thomas, Lowell. These Men Shall Never Die. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company 1943.

Thomsen, Niels Peter. Volume One: Voyage of the Forest Dream and Other Sea Adventures: A Memoir. Von Buchholdt Press, 1999.

________.  Volume Two: Men of the Menkar and Other WW Two Coast Guard Naval Exploits: A Memoir.. Von Bucholdt Press, 1999.

United States Coast Guard. Statistical Division. Research and Statistics Section. Bearing Sea Patrol. Washington: Research and Statistics Section, Operations Division, U.S. Coast Guard, 1942.

United States Marine Corps. Historical Division. Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough, USMCR; Major Verle E. Ludwig, USMC; and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal. Volume I. Washington: GPO, 1958.

________. Henry I. Shaw, Jr., & Major Douglas T. Kane, USMC. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Isolation of Rabaul. Volume II. Washington: GPO, 1963.

________. Henry I Shaw, Jr.; Bernard C. Nalty; and Edwin T. Turnbladh. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Central Pacific Drive. Washington: GPO, 1966.

________. George W. Garand and Truman R. Strobridge. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Western Pacific Operations. Volume IV. Washington: GPO, 1971.

________. Bemis M. Frank and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II: Victory and Occupation. Volume V. Washington: GPO, 1968.

United States Navy Department. Commander, Western Sea Frontier. Administrative History of Western Sea Frontier during World War II, 1946. 7 vols. U.S. Naval Administration in World War II, vol. 163. [Located in the Rare Book Room, Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center].

United States Navy Department. Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Administrative History of the ComMarGils Area, 1946. 6 vols. U.S. Naval Administration in World War II, vol. 157, a, b, & c. [Located in the Rare Book Room, Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center].

Webber, Bert. Shipwrecks and Rescues on the Northwest Coast: World War-II Japanese Torpedoing of Ships on the United States West Coast. Medford, OR: Webb Research Group Publishers, 1996.

Wiley, Ken. Lucky Thirteen: D-Days in the Pacific with the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II.  Drexel Hill, PA: Casemate Publishing, 2007.

Unpublished Papers, Theses and Dissertations

Sams, Robert.  "Long Ago and Far Away: Reminiscences of Robert Sams of his 27 months aboard the U.S.S. Cambria APA 36 during the Pacific Campaign of World War II."  July 27, 1997.  [Copy in possession of Coast Guard Historian's Office--Cambria File.]

Hendrickson, David H. "Cold Sea—Lonely Sea: A Bering Sea Odyssey Aboard a Patrol Frigate in World War II." 1997.  [Copy in possession of U.S. Coast Guard Historians Office].