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“What’s the Coast Guard Doing in Vietnam?” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
This was the second question asked me by an Air Force colonel, when we were assigned together in Vietnam in the 1960s. Eyeing my cap device, his first question had been a polite, “What navy are you in?” What’s the … Continue reading
“If You Don’t Shoot Him, I Will,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In 1950, I was a U.S. Coast Guard Ensign attached to the USCGC CLOVER (WAGL-292), a buoy tender whose homeport was Kodiak, Alaska. I had been on the CLOVER since the previous July and had spent only three weeks in … Continue reading
“Bermuda 1946,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In July of 1946, World War II had been over since the previous August with the dropping of the 2nd Atomic Bomb in history on Nagasaki, Japan. Regardless of how you view those two bombings (that is, Hiroshima and Nagasaki), … Continue reading
“Coast Guard Seagoing Justice,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In 1954, when I was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard, I was assigned as Commanding Officer of the USCGC MAGNOLIA, a 189‑foot buoy tender and former U.S. Army net tender. The “MAGGIE,” as she was affectionately known by … Continue reading
“My Trip to Havana, 1944,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
On June 6, 1944, the largest military invasion force in history landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, to break the hold of Nazi Germany on the European Continent. I remember this day very well. I was a third class … Continue reading
“A Deep Problem,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In February, 1970, the ship that I commanded, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN, departed from its home port of Long Beach, California, for a ten-month deployment to Vietnam to join four other High Endurance Cutters which composed Coast Guard Squadron … Continue reading
“Rongelap Atoll, 1963,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard– Retired
The author recounts a scientific survey mission he and the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard vessel IRONWOOD took to Rongelap Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1963 to study radiation effects. Continue reading
“Watch Where You Step, and Don’t Touch Anything,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard– Retired
In September of 1949, I was an ensign attached to the Coast Guard Cutter CLOVER. Although our home port was Kodiak, Alaska, we spent only three weeks there in the fourteen months I was on her. Most of the time, … Continue reading
“The Yap Mooring Buoy,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
Yap is a small island in the Western Caroline Islands southwest of Guam, Mariana Islands. In 1963 Yap was administered by the United States as a part of the United Nations Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands. After World War … Continue reading
“R & R,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
During most of 1970, my ship, the Coast Guard Cutter PONTCHARTRAIN (WHEC-70), of which I was the Commanding Officer, was deployed to Vietnam as a part of the U.S. SEVENTH Fleet. We were assigned to Commander, Task Force ONE ONE … Continue reading