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Amphibious Ops

History

his boat out qui When the US began planning for WWII, two geographic factor was overwhelmingly obvious, the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Planners figured out early that they needed amphibious tactics and vessels to allow the delivery of the soldiers and Marines to the battles. The Pacific Theater of Operations would be a long series …

Pacific Theater

The Coast Guard’s first major participation in the Pacific war was at Tulagi and Guadalcanal. Of the 23 naval transports attached to the amphibious force, 19 were manned or partially manned by the Coast Guard. Most of the LCVPs that took the Marines ashore were manned by Coastguardsmen or Navy personnel who had Coast Guard …

European Theater

Torch, Husky, Avalanche, Shingle, Overlord/Neptune, and Anvil/Dragoon The first American offensive against Nazi Germany came on 8 November 1942, in North Africa. Operation Torch was designed to take French Morocco, Algiers, and Tunisia from the Germans. Two convoys converged on North Africa, one from England and the other from Norfolk. Coast Guard-manned Leonard Wood (CDR …