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“My Trip to Havana, 1944,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired

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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 →

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“A Deep Problem,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired

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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 →

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“Rongelap Atoll, 1963,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard– Retired

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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 →

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“Watch Where You Step, and Don’t Touch Anything,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard– Retired

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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 →

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“The Yap Mooring Buoy,” by Captain LeRoy Reinburg, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard–Retired

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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 →

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