The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II - Personnel, Recruiting and Training

Historical Bibliography

Articles

"The Academy Reserve School."The Bulletin (Feb 1944), pp. 193-200.

Allen, D.G. "The Development of the Reserve Training Course." The Bulletin (Nov 1942), pp. 93-96.

Allen, R.B., & G.E. Clark. "Cadet Summer Training Program, 1944."The Bulletin (Nov 1944), pp. 165-169.

Bolton, J.C. "New York Recruiters."  Coast Guard Magazine (May, 1942), p. 46. [Includes photo of the staff of the New York Recruiting Office along with a caption identifying those personnel.]

"The Champ [Jack Dempsey] Joins Up!  Jack Dempsey, Former Worlds Heavyweight Champion, Joins the Colors. . .Receives Coast Guard Commission as Lieutenant. . .Assigned as Physical Director at New Manhattan Beach Training Center." Coast Guard Magazine (August, 1942), pp. 26-27.

"Coast Guard Now Has Well Balanced Program of Advanced Training." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 35 (May 1945), pp. 395-397.

[Coast Guard Yard Commissary Staff'] Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 10. [A photo with caption identifying "the cooks and bakers comprising the commissary staff" of the Yard.]

"Coast Guardsmen Being Trained to Operate Landing Barges." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 14 (Aug 1943), pp. 167-168.

"Commandant Promoted." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 8.

[Cooks] "A Group of recent graduates of the Cooks and Bakers School at New London." Coast Guard Magazine (July, 1942), p. 20.  [Photo with caption.]

[Cooks and Bakers School]  Coast Guard Magazine 14, No. 11 (Sep 1941), p. 55. [Photo with caption.]

Donohue, Robert. "Radio Training in the Coast Guard." Radio News XXVII (May 1942), pp. 25-27.

"Educational Level of Coast Guard Enlisted Personnel." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 36 (Jun 1945), p. 411.

"Enlisted Schools Supply Trained Men." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1942), p. 58.

"Flight Training: A Trio of U.S. Coast Guard Officers Instruct American and British Fliers in Seagoing Aeronautics at Navy's Great Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.  Exclusive Interview Reveals Efficiency of Abbreviated Course." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1942), pp. 26-27, 69.

"Flight Training." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 10.

[Gunners Mates: Ordnance School, Coast Guard Yard, Class Photo.] Coast Guard Magazine (May, 1942), p. 52.

Heinl, R.D. "Training the Landing Force." Naval Institute Proceedings 67 (Oct 1941), pp. 1452-1454.

Hobelman, D. E. "Recruiters Take to Air: Chief Boatswain Lee R. Scott Introduces Innovation in Field of Coast Guard Recruiting." Coast Guard Magazine 15, No. 1 (Nov 1941), pp. 52-53.

"Jobs in the Coast Guard." Chapter 9. Occupations: The Vocational Guidance Magazine 21 (Sep 1942), pp. 59-63.

Kolyer, Robert. "Training Coast Guard Pilots." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1943), pp. 34-35.

Lamborne, Nora. "Coast Guard Ensigns--600 a Year." Yachting LXXI (Jun 1942), p. 47.

Lawrence, Henry W. "The Coast Guard Academy in the War." Connecticut Circle VI (Aug 1943), p. 6.

Leavitt, Sam. "Training in St. Augustine." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1943), pp. 40-41.

"New Coast Guard Training Station at Manhattan Beach Commissioned." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 33 (Mar 1942), p. 260.

"New London Produces Cooks." Coast Guard Magazine (June, 1942), p. 44.  [Includes photos with captions.]

"New Station" [Manhattan Beach Training Station, Manhattan Beach, NY.] Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1942), p. 50.

"New Training Center at Baltimore Opened on March 2." Coast Guard Bulletin I, 34 (Apr 1942), pp. 270-271.

Niles, Palmer A. "WWII Reserve Officer Training at the Coast Guard Academy." The Bulletin 56, No. 2 (Apr 1994), pp. 17-19.

Norris, John G. "Invasion School." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1944), pp. 12-17.

"Officers' Training School." The Bulletin (Nov 1944), pp. 172-174.

"Our Largest Training Station." The Bulletin (Mar 1944), pp. 219-215; (May 1944), pp. 29-34.

"Pay Increase Certain." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p.

"Personnel of the Norfolk, VA. District Office." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 4. [Photo of group with caption identifying all personnel.]

"Promotions." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1942), p. 54.

"Radio Offers Opportunity: School at Coast Guard Yard Training Vast Numbers of Future C.G. Radiomen." Coast Guard Magazine (June, 1942), pp. 42-43.  [Includes photos with captions.]

[Radio School] "Grave Demands Are Being Made upon the radio personnel of the Coast Guard as a result of new fold duties created by the expanding activities of the Service."  Coast Guard Magazine 14, No. 11 (Sep 1941), p. 34. [Photo with caption].

[Radio School] "Sixty-Six Recent Graduates of the Resident Radio School. . ." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 36. [Photo with caption.]

[Radio School] "Graduating Class No. 37." Coast Guard Magazine (June, 1942), p. 40.  [Photo with caption.]

[Radio School at Curtis Bay]. Coast Guard Magazine (Aug, 1942), p. 73.  [Photo with caption.]

"Reserve Cadet School Statistics." The Bulletin (Jul 1944), p. 95.

"Reserve Training Class." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1942), pp. 22-23.

"Schools for Personnel."  Coast Guard Magazine (October, 1942), p. 10. [List of enlisted specialty training schools and their locations with starting dates for the next classes during the early years of World War II.]

"Temporary Commissions." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1942), p. 53.

"'These Are War Days' Academy Graduating Class Hears Grave Address by Hon. Joseph W. Barker as Thirty Cadets Receive Commissions as Ensigns.  Course of Instruction Curtailed to Three Years." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1942), pp. 18-20, 79.

"A Training Course for Reserve Officers." The Bulletin (Jan 1942), pp. 157-158.

"Training Schools." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1942), p. 10.

"Training Schools for Coast Guard Enlisted Personnel." Coast Guard Bulletin III, 1 (Jul 1945), pp. 13-16.

"Training Schools for Officer Personnel." Coast Guard Bulletin III, 2 (Aug 1945), pp. 24-25.