The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told

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The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told
The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told
Author : Tom McCarthy
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Language : English
Release Date : 01 August 2017
ISBN : 9781493027033
Pages : 256 pages
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The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy Book PDF Summary

The Coast Guard’s rescue personnel are second to none, and Coast Guard air and sea rescue missions have been the subjects of celebrated newspaper accounts, books, and movies, including The Perfect Storm. The Coast Guard is one of the nation's five military services, which exist to defend and preserve the United States. In The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told, the editor has pulled together some of the finest writings about air and sea rescues that capture readers imaginations, culled from books, magazines, and elsewhere. It is an unforgettable collection, and includes stories by Kathryn Miles, Eric Hartlep, Gerald Hoover, Martha Laguardia-Kotite, Geoffrey D. Reynolds, Kalee Thompson, H. Paul Jeffers, and many others.

The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Coast Guard Rescue Stories Ever Told by Tom McCarthy

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