Coast Guard 154th Anniversary Celebrated At Sea Fronts and Wars
Coast Guardsmen mark 154th anniversary amid wartime feats from Greenland patrols to disputed beaches in the Pacific. The force grew to 169000, fought at Guadalcanal Tarawa Salerno Saipan and various Atlantic convoys, with cutters, LSTs and landing craft in action and the Ballad of the Beach-Pounders recalling their daring shore assaults.