Machine generated contents note: pt. I Beginnings --
Prologue: A Historical Overview of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1790-1898 / C. Douglas Kroll --
1. "The Highest Traditions of Any Service": The U.S. Coast Guard's Attempt to Save the British Collier Wellington / Robert M. Browning Jr. --
2. The Loss of the USS Tampa and Its Lasting Legacy / Arlyn Danielson --
3. "Remember Pearl Harbor": The World War II Odyssey of the USCG Cutter Taney / Paul Cora --
4. "Bringing Home the Bacon": The U.S. Coast Guard's Participation in the Atlantic Convoy Operations of World War II / Scott Price --
5. Ice, Icebergs, and War: The U.S. Coast Guard in Greenland during World War II / Dennis L. Noble --
6. Naval Operating Base Cactus and U.S. Coast Guard Operations in the Battle for Guadalcanal / William Thiesen --
7. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Pacific War / Robert M. Browning Jr. --
8. "The Mission Is to Put the Army on the Beach": USCG Flotilla 10 at Bloody Omaha / Mark A. Snell --
9. The Auxiliary at War, 1941-1945 / John A. Tilley --
pt. III The Cold War and Beyond --
10. The Forgotten Service during the Forgotten War: The U.S. Coast Guard's Role in the Korean Conflict / Scott Price --
11. Patrolling Inshore Waters from Demilitarized Zone to Qui Nhon, 1967-1968: A Memoir / Paul C. Scotti --
12. To Patrol and Interdict: The USCG Cutter Taney in Operation Market Time, 1969-1970 / Paul Cora --
13. "War Time Usefulness Is a By-Product of the Coast Guard": The Origins and Early History of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve's Port Security Units / John R. Olson.