Dr. William Thiesen provides us in-depth looks into some of the most memorable events in Coast Guard history.

• Brazos Life-Saving Station: Cape Horn Rescue


• Revenue Cutter Service Fires the First Naval Shot of the Civil War


• Tip of the Spear: Combat Operations of Adak and the WPBs in Operation Iraqi Freedom


• The 1900 Galveston Hurricane and the Activities of U.S. Lighthouse Service Personnel in America’s Worst Natural Disaster


• The Galveston Life­Saving Station, September 1900
  The Anatomy of a Super­Hurricane and the Perils of Working for the United States Life­Saving Service


• The El Estero Fire and How the United States Coast Guard Helped Save New York Harbor


• Combat Operations of the Revenue Cutter Hudson
  in the Spanish-American War of 1898