Reserves and the U.S. Coast Guard
Historical Bibliography
[Includes the Coast Guard Women's Reserve - SPARs, 1942-1974]
Articles
"About the Coast Guard Reserve..." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1947), pp. 26-27.
"Appropriation Request May Give Coast Guard First Organized Reserve." Coast Guard Bulletin VI, 2 (Aug 1950), p. 13.
"Back From the Brink: The Near-Death and Resurrection of the Coast Guard Reserve." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 1991), insert.
Bennett, Robert F. "Reserve Augmentation: Threat Thomas D. Harrison. "Station Nome and Keeper Thomas A. Ross." The Bulletin (Feb-Mar 1986), pp. 28-33.
Bergman, Philip. "USCG Auxiliary: Helping Those Who Help." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 11 1983), pp.
Brothers, Jennifer & Robert Shields. "U.S. Coast Guard Reserve." Naval Institute Proceedings 115 (Oct 1989), pp. 151-153.
"The Coast Guard Reserve, First Months..." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1940), pp. 2-5.
"Coast Guard Reserve Observes 21st Birthday." The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1962), pp. 66-70. "
"The Coast Guard Reserve: Plan for Final Operation." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1939), pp. 1-4.
"Coast Guard Steps Up Mobilization Capability of Reserve." The Bulletin (Mar-Apr 1962), p. 47.
"Ex-SPARs are Sworn into Reactivated Women’s Reserve." Coast Guard Bulletin V, 8 (Feb 1950), p. 239.
"Former SPAR Officers Offered Reappointment." Coast Guard Bulletin V, 6 (Dec 1949), p. 221.
"General Information on the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve." The Bulletin (Aug 1940), pp. 7-9.
Herbert, Neal F. "A Member of the Family." The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1984), pp. 14-17.
"Here’s the Auxiliary." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1946), pp. 12, 14.
Hobelman, D.E. "The Reserve: Present and Projected." The Bulletin (Jan 1941), pp. 5-9.
Johnson, H.E. "Spotlight on Reserve." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1974), pp. 19-20.
Kelly, Robert W. "The Role of the Reserve Component." Officer Review 39, No. 3 (Oct 1999), pp. 9-11.
Kruska, Edward. "Reserve Admits Women." Commandant's Bulletin (Feb 1991), p. 27.
"New Coast Guard Reserve." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1939), pp. 10, 24, 26, 28.
"Organized Coast Guard Reserve is Established; 27 Port Units Planned." Coast Guard Bulletin VI, 4 (Oct 1950), pp. 37-39.
Phannemiller, G.M. "Reserve Officers in the Permanent Coast Guard." The Bulletin (Aug 1945), pp. 137-140.
"The Reserve and Auxiliary." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1941), pp. 14-16, 18.
Reynolds, Robert R. "Senator Reynolds Says...Author of S-2206, for Twenty-Year Coast Guard Reserve, Hopes His Bill Will Pass Both Houses." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1938), pp. 1-3.
"SPAR Bill Moves Up." Coast Guard Bulletin IV, 12 (Jun 1949), p. 147.
Schwab, William S. "Today's Coast Guard Reserve." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1976), pp. 30-33.
"17 SPARs on Duty as of 15 December." Coast Guard Bulletin (Jan 1952), p. 111.
"Some SPARs Needed Now." Coast Guard Bulletin VII, 6 (Dec 1951), p. 96.
Steinmetz, John L. "The Reserve." The Bulletin (Nov 1951), pp. 171-175.
Stiles, Ransom W. "Why a Coast Guard Reserve?" Coast Guard Magazine (May 1947), pp. 18-19.
Taecker, Kevin R. "A Reserve Officer's Impressions of the Coast Guard." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1973), p. 62.
Thayer, Louis M. "Our Coast Guard Reserve." The Bulletin (May-June 1965), pp. 206-215.
Tilley, John. "Coast Guard Reserve." entry in The Oxford Companion to American Military History. Edited by John Whiteclay Chambers II. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 146.
"The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary: A Member Cites Conditions Found on a Courtesy Examination." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 10 (Mar 1953), pp. 49-50.
"The U.S. Coast Guard Reserve." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1930), p. 26.
"United States Coast Guard Auxiliary: A Voluntary National Organization." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 18 (Apr 1961), pp. 70-73.
Wetmore, Thomas T. "The Name of the Game is Readiness." The Bulletin (July-Aug 1978), pp. 26-29.
Wilson, R. "The Past, Present, & Future of the Coast Guard Reserve." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1949), pp. 9-13.
Books & Government Publications
United States Congress. House. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act. H. Rp. 1686, 78th Cong., 2nd sess., 1944, Serial 10847.
________.________. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. H. Rp. 2072, 77th Cong., 2nd sess., 1942, Serial 10663.
________.________. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 Relative to Women’s Reserve. H. Rp. 359, 78th Cong., 1st sess., 1943, Serial 10761.
________.________. Coast Guard Reserve. H. Rp. 737, 91st Cong., 1st sess., 1969, Serial 12837-5.
________.________. To Establish Coast Guard Reserve to be Composed of Owners of Motorboats and Yachts. H. Rp. 600, 76th Cong., 1st sess., 1939, Serial 10298.
________.________. Establishing Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard Reserve. H. Rp. 25, 77th Cong., 1st sess., 1942, Serial 10552.
________.________. Hearings before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries on H.R. 562--A Bill to Provide for the Establishment, Administration and Maintenance of a Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve. Washington: GPO, 1941.
________.________. Permitting More Effective Utilization of Coast Guard Auxiliary. H. Rp. 1896, 78th Cong., 2nd sess., 1944, Serial 10848.
________.________. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Navigation. Report on the Coast Guard Auxiliary Operation in Local Long Island Waters and Its Relation to the U.S. Coast Guard. Washington: GPO, 1972.
________. Senate. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act. S. Rp. 1093, 78th Cong., 2nd sess., 1944, Serial 10842.
________.________. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941. S. Rp. 1317, 77th Cong., 2nd sess., 1942, Serial 10657.
________.________. Amending Coast Guard Auxiliary and Reserve Act of 1941 Relative to Women’s Reserve. S. Rp. 572, 78th Cong., 1st sess., 1943, Serial 10757.
________.________. To Establish Coast Guard Reserve to be Composed of Owners of Motorboats and Yachts. S. Rp. 582, 76th Cong., 1st sess., 1939, Serial 10294.
________.________. Establishing Coast Guard Auxiliary and Coast Guard Reserve. S. Rp. 31, 77th Cong., 1st sess., 1942, Serial 10543.
________.________. Permitting More Effective Utilization of Coast Guard Auxiliary. S. Rp. 1110, 78th Cong., 2nd sess., 1944, Serial 10842.
United States General Accounting Office. Need for Improvement in the Coast Guard Reserve Training Program; Report to the Congress of the United States [on the] United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, by the Comptroller General of the United States. Washington: GPO, 1967.