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Also Known As Revenue Cutter Service • Revenue Marine Service • USCG
Date 1790 - present
Areas Of Involvement maritime law • lifesaving • defense
Related People Dorothy Constance Stratton

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Flag of the United States Coast Guard
World War II: Iwo Jima
U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker
EgyptAir flight 990 recovery
United States Coast Guard
New Shoreham: Coast Guard station
International Ice Patrol
Deepwater Horizon oil spill: skimming
Executive Order 9981
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