US Coast Guard in World War II by Alejandro de Quesada

Author:Alejandro de Quesada
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: US Coast Guard in World War II
ISBN: 9781780962153
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2011-11-20T16:00:00+00:00

The Coast Guard’s contribution to Allied victory over the U-boats went far beyond what had originally been expected of them. Although the majority of the Coast Guard units could not claim a U-boat “kill,” this was not the only measure of success. Each escort helped to keep the U-boats at bay, ultimately ensuring the timely and safe arrival in Europe and North Africa of the cargoes and personnel that ensured victory in the land war. Coast Guard units also rescued nearly 1,000 Allied and Axis survivors along the North Atlantic convoy routes, 1,600 along the American coast, and 200 in the Mediterranean, thereby fulfilling the service’s most historic mission.

The Coast Guard looks back with pride to this legacy, which earned the respect and admiration of both allies and enemies when their paths crossed with America’s oldest sea service. One former crewman of U-175 was overheard by intelligence officers telling a fellow prisoner-of-war: “When I came up on deck, I saw one of those cutters… making straight for us. It was… Coast Guard! Do you know them, those American ones?”

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