Coast Guard celebrates 155 years of service and wartime roles
The United States Coast Guard marks its 155th anniversary on August 4, highlighting its history from 1790 as a revenue cutter service to its World War II and postwar activities. It describes early battles, rescue missions, and its role in invasions, patrols, and the development of search and rescue techniques.
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Glass Prisms Help Save Lives in War Efforts
The article notes Libbey-Owens-Ford developed laminated plate glass prisms boosting tank visibility by about 50 percent and enabling 360 degree viewing without exposing crews. It highlights early periscope needs and mass production that produced over two million prisms for wartime instruments.
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Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Record-chase saga highlights baseball’s toughest targets
A look at historic MLB benchmarks shows Joe DiMaggio 56 game hit streak, Gehrig’s 2,000+ contests, Ruth’s 60 home runs in 1927, Cobb’s 2,244 runs and 4,191 hits, plus Johnson, Young and Keefe Marquard pitching feats. The piece argues these marks may stand for generations, driven by stamina and skill.
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Coast Guard Maintains Peace Time Duties During War
Throughout the war the coast guard continued peace time tasks such as navigation aids and law enforcement while supplying personnel to ships in all theatres. It also adapted peacetime skills to war aims, including a mission to Italy in fall 1943 to restore fishing industry with notable success.
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Extinct Coelacanth Found Alive Off South Africa
A living coelacanth, long deemed extinct for 50 million years, was brought up from 240 feet by a trawler off South Africa in December 1938. In a London lab over three months it shed about 20 gallons of oil through its scales, startling researchers.
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