The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II

General Overview, Pre-War Issues, and Combined Topic Sources

Historical Bibliography

Articles

  • “Anti-Sabotage Control.” The Bulletin (Mar 1942), pp. 3–4.
  • “Around the Globe!” Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1942), pp. 6–9.
  • Bartlett, Arthur. “Smooth and Ready: Do You Know That the Coast Guard is Ready to Fight? That its 267 armed Cutters are Backed by a Reserve of 4,000 Private Motorboats? That You Can Thank One Man? Meet a Go-Getter Named Waesche.” Coast Guard Magazine 14, no. 8 (Jun 1941), pp. 18–19, 47.
  • “Battle Report from a Combat Cutter.” Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1945), pp. 34–38.
  • Bradley, Fred. “The Coast Guard Operating Under the Present Unlimited National Emergency.” The Bulletin (Jul 1941), pp. 76–80.
  • Brown, Raymond J. “Coast Guard Codebreakers: Inspire Those Who Serve.” Naval Institute Proceedings 124 (Dec 1998), pp. 34–36.
  • Browning, Robert M., Jr. “The Coast Guard in World War II.” Commandant’s Bulletin (Sep 1991), pp. 16–18.
  • Browning, Robert M., Jr. “The Coast Guard in World War II.” Commandant’s Bulletin (Dec 1991), pp. 24–25.
  • “The Coast Guard.” In The Second Navy Reader, edited by William H. Fetridge, pp. 319–324. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1944; reprint 1971.
  • “The Coast Guard Girds for Battle.” Popular Mechanics 77 (Jun 1942), pp. 34–39.
  • “The Coast Guard and National Defense.” The Bulletin (Oct 1940), pp. 1–5.
  • “Coast Guard Now Operating as a Part of the Navy.” Coast Guard Bulletin 1, no. 30 (Dec 1941), pp. 235–237.
  • “Coast Guard Officers Decorated.” The Bulletin (Mar 1944), p. 221.
  • “Coast Patrol: Coast Guard Establishes Network of Surveillance… Harbors and Waterways Protected from Sabotage… Cutters, Patrol Craft and Aircraft Guard Atlantic Waters Against Acts of Piracy of Dictator Nations.” Coast Guard Magazine 14, no. 10 (Aug 1941), pp. 7–12.
  • “The Coast Guard in World War II.” Naval Institute Proceedings 88 (Sep 1957), pp. 990–1000.
  • “The Coast Guard in World War II.” (26 parts) Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1952–Mar 1955).
  • “Coast Guard Headquarters Reorganization.” Naval Institute Proceedings 68 (Sep 1942), pp. 1321–1322.
  • “Coast Guard Radio in War and Peace.” Radio News 29 (Jun 1943), pp. 158–160.
  • Colton, F. Barrows. “Life with Our Fighting Coast Guard.” National Geographic (May 1943), pp. 557–558.
  • “Construction of Coast Guard Cutters and Boats During the War.” The Bulletin (Sep 1945), pp. 183–185.
  • “Demobilization and the Curtailment of Activities.” The Bulletin (Oct 1945), pp. 205–209.
  • Farley, J. F. “Radio in the Coast Guard.” Radio News 27 (Jan 1942), pp. 43–48.
  • Foster, Kevin. “The Coast Guard in World War II.” Commandant’s Bulletin (Nov 1991), pp. 12–14.
  • “Front Page Coast Guard.” Newsweek (Aug 7, 1944), pp. 78–79.
  • Haley, Alex. “The Most Unforgettable Character I’ve Met.” Reader’s Digest 78 (Mar 1961), pp. 73–77.

Books and Government Publications

  • Battle Stations! Your Navy in Action. New York: William H. Wise and Company, Inc., 1946.
  • Crane, Aimee, ed. Art in the Armed Forces: Pictures by Men in Action. New York: The Hyperion Press, 1944.
  • Crane, Aimee. G.I. Sketch Book. Washington: Infantry Journal, 1944.
  • Ericson, Wilbert M. The World War II Experiences of LT (JG) W. M. Ericson. Aurora, IL: By the Author, 2001.
  • Felsen, Henry. He’s in the Coast Guard Now. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1943.
  • Fredrick, Leon. Hooligan Sailor: The Saga of One Coast Guardsman in World War II. Ozark, MO: Hazelwood Publishing, 2005.
  • Willoughby, Malcolm F. The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1957; revised, 1989.