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‎U.S. Coast Guard in World War II‎

‎United States Naval Institute Publication, Annapolis, Maryland Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1957 Book condition, Etat : Bon hardcover, editor's binding, under editor's printed and illustrated blue dust-jacket In-4 1 vol. - 364 pages‎

‎64 plates with black and whites photographies (complete), and 27 maps and diagrams 1st Edition, 1957 Contents, Chapitres : Foreword, Introduction, , Preface, Contents, List of Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams, xvii, Text, 347 pages - 1. Development of the wartimer organization of the coast guard : The men behind the guns - Logistics and other vital services - 2. Security at home : Coast guard aviation - The beach founders - The security of our ports - The temporary reserve in port security - 3. Safety at the sea : The Greenland patrol - Rescues at sea - New responsabilities for safety at sea - Coast guard communications - The story of Loran - Coast guard men and navy ships - 4. The coast guard in combat : The Aleutian campaign - The Battle of the Atlantic - Operation Torch, North Africa - Landings in Sicily and Italy - The Normandy invasion - From Pearl Harbour through the Salomons - The sweep of the Philippines - Final victory - Appendices - Index - cf : Les garde-cotes américains pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale near fine copy, no markings, the dust-jacket is rather fine, minor wear on the top of the spine of the D.-J. and the borders, the inside part of the bottom of the D-J. had been repaired with adhesive in a nice way, inside is fine, a rather nice copy with a nice dust-jacket, complete of the 64 plates‎