28192. Raffield, John C. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD STATION ~ PANAMA CITY – A Seventy Two Year History 1933-2005. Jacksonville. 2005.
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28192. Raffield, John C. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD STATION ~ PANAMA CITY – A Seventy Two Year History 1933-2005. Jacksonville. 2005.
28192. Raffield, John C. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD STATION ~ PANAMA CITY – A Seventy Two Year History 1933-2005. Jacksonville. 2005. 111p. Soft wraps. United States Coast Guard Station ~ Panama City, A Seventy Two Year History,” was the first and only documented Coast Guard history for Panama City and Bay County since the United States Coast Guard’s arrival in 1933. The station featured nine C.G. Cutters, four C.G. manned Lighthouses, and WW II Coastal Defense Gun Emplacements at the Pass, K-9 and mounted beach patrols, and the forty LSTs that conducted their two-week shakedown exercises in the Gulf, and anchored in St. Andrews Bay for ‘safe harbor’ at night to escape the German U-boats activity in the Gulf. Growing up in Panama City, the author had both direct and indirect relationship with the Coast Guard crews, CG Auxiliary personnel, and retirees. Over the years, Coast Guard retirees have made Panama City their new home, and made boating at one level or another, their business. The author has always had a fondness for the beaches, water, boats, and has felt a friendship with the Coast Guard as his dad had throughout WW II as a member of the CG Auxiliary, and having lived in the old Coast Guard Headquarters ~ barracks as a child. In this privately published work, the author presents a detailed history of Coast Guard Station – Panama City including the men and facilities, history of cutters assigned there over the years, harbor defenses and beach patrols, lighthouses in the area, LSTs and World War II activities, and more. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs. (M). $58.