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Article: The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam 1965-1975
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- Sea Power
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- August 1, 1997
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CopyrightCopyright Navy League of the United States Aug 1997. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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THE COAST GUARD AT WAR: Vietnam 1965-1975, by Alex Larzelere. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1997. 345 pp. $32.95.
Reviewed by Mary I. Nolan
Larzelere, a retired Coast Guard captain who during his career commanded five Coast Guard cutters, including two 82foot patrol boats during the Vietnam War, and later served as chief of search and rescue in Miami, among other assignments, presents an illuminating and much-needed history of Coast Guard operations during the Vietnam War. Larzelere describes the role the Coast Guard played in combat operations, often fighting side by side with the Navy and Marine Corps, along Vietnam's coasts and on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. ...
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