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Announcements [Updated Sep 2007]
15 Sep 07 -- National Commodore photos and
biographies are now available for viewing in the "National
Commodore" gallery. A menu option to the gallery is available on
the homepage.
15 Sep 07 -- New Flotilla history section
has been added. This section features historical information about
individual flotillas from across the country. If you would like to add
your flotilla's history to the Auxiliary's legacy, please contact
C. Kay Larson BC-ASH.
Turner Publications of Paducah, Kentucky is now producing its
illustrated history of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Orders can still be taken.
We have been given no publication date as of yet.
"Mean High Water," a new text article has been added to our
history webpage. This relates rescues performed during the October 1994 San Jacinto
River flood in Houston, Texas by Plaque of Merit awardees.
"Bravo Zero: The Coast Guard Auxiliary in World War II" should be
read by all those new to operations as well as new members. Also see "MacArthur's
Navy" both part of our full text articles on the web.
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The Coast Guard in print and on film
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Books
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ON SALE NOW!! –
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary: A History, 1939-1999 by John A. Tilley.
-- The U. S. Government Printing office is now selling: The United States
Coast Guard Auxiliary: A History, 1939-1999, for $35.00 at its online
bookstore. The Office of the Chief Director of Auxiliary; the author, Prof.
John A. Tilley of East Carolina University; the Coast Guard Historian’s
Office; and the History Division of the National Department of Public
Affairs all contributed to this first full-length history of the largest
marine safety organization in the world. Professor Tilley spent ten years
researching and writing this volume and the material utilized largely came
from the O. W. “Sonny” Martin, Jr. Coast Guard Auxiliary Records Collection
located in the special collections section of the Joyner Library at East
Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Bravo Zulu to all those
members who contributed their stories, scrapbooks, photos, and documents. We
particularly salute all the District Historians, past and present, who
tirelessly worked to salvage records of the Auxiliary’s important
contributions to our nation’s safety and security and
recreation! To purchase a copy go to: http://bookstore.gpo.gov and search
under Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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Character in
Action: The U. S. Coast Guard on Leadership by Adm. James M. Loy and Donald
T. Phillips. -- U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2003. -- This extraordinarily
fine book adds to Phillips' list of authored works; a nationally known
management consultant he often writes in an historical context, for
instance, his book on Abraham Lincoln and leadership. (italicize title)
Character in Action is the first to look at a whole organization in terms of
the leadership issue and in it the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary
emerge in shining armor. Phillips and Loy address issues that are
universally lacking in other treatments, e.g., inculcating the ethic of
respect, choosing multi-taskers and those who already have proven
organizational worth (as opposed to records of “success”). Throughout it
all, they blend principles of leadership with good story telling. The
epilogue on 9/11 will knock your socks off. This book should be used for
training in every business and public administration school and all the
military academies in the country.
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Capt. W. Russell
Webster, USCG (Ret.) has given thumbs up to the Foundation for Coast Guard
History's new book, The Coast Guard. In a recent review for
Proceedings, the official magazine of the Navy’s officer corps, Webster says
the book is loaded with every good historical tale of the Coast Guard,
including some about the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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Turner
Publications of Paducah, Kentucky has just published an illustrated history
of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. No copies have yet been obtained, but the
promotion material promises never before seen photos.
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Films
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Reminder:
All the DSO-MAs still are supposed to have in stock, “A Proud Tradition, A
Worthy Mission: The Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1939-1999", the video documentary
produced by the History Division for the 60th Anniversary. Still too few
people are aware of this as a very good member training opportunity.
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History
Channel: In November 2006 the History Channel aired a 2-hour history of the
Coast Guard. Check your local listings for repeat broadcasts.
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