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The Training Ship DANMARK, by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired
In 1933, the Danish Government completed construction of a 1,700-ton training ship, the DANMARK. It was not intended to be a mechanically driven ocean ship but a full-rigged ship, whose main propulsion was 17,000 square feet of canvas sail. The … 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