26-G-06-10-44-1:  Normandy Invasion, June 1944.  Sub Busters in Invasion Role.  The U.S. Coast Guard’s famous 83 footers, sub-busters in the Battle of the Atlantic, and to their laurels as rescue craft in the D-Day sweep across the English Channel to the French Coast.  These swift, little, intrepid craft are the Coast Guard boats that have been mentioned over and over again in radio and news dispatches for their gallant rescue role during the initial smash on France, June 1944.  (5/19/2015).
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