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A Proud Tradition, A Worthy Mission
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Historian's Office News Announcements [Updated 18 August 2009] August 16, 2009 – The Coast Guard Art Program has announced its annual call for entries into the 2010 competition. The deadline for submitting an image (CD, transparency, or slide) of an art work that features a Coast Guard subject is January 2, 2010. No original paintings should be sent until notified of acceptance. Decisions on which paintings are to be accepted into the Coast Guard art collection are made by the Excellence Committee of the Salmagundi Club, New York City, for artistic merit and by Coast Guard officials for accuracy of depiction. The Coast Guard Auxiliary Department of Public Affairs encourages artists to paint on Auxiliary subjects and also encourages Auxiliary painters to enter the competition. Subject matter can be contemporary or historical and action scenes are strongly suggested. See the subpage on COGAP on the Auxiliary history home page for further information on the program. Contact Mary Bader with questions at: Mary.A.Bader@uscg.mil <mailto:Mary.A.Bader@uscg.mil> or by phone at 202-372-4643. . . . . . August 16, 2009 -- On Friday, July 17, 2009, the legendary CBS anchorman, Walter Cronkite, passed away in New York City. Uncovered by the media is the fact that Cronkite was named an honorary commodore of the Coast Guard Auxiliary at its 1977 fall conference, held in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time Cronkite gave a speech in which he lauded the work of the U. S. Coast Guard and Auxiliary in promoting boating safety and saving the lives of hundreds of boaters every year. Featured in the cover photograph of /The Navigator/, Cronkite was quoted as saying: “the combined efforts of the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary on marine safety are unequalled anywhere else in the world.” Later Cronkite narrated a video on the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1916, Cronkite started his news career as a paper boy and, while in college at the University of Texas, started as a reporter for the /Houston Press/. He came to national attention during World War II, covering the North African and D-Day invasions and the battle of the Bulge, among other momentous events. In 1950 he was recruited by CBS television and in 1962 appointed its evening news anchorman, holding the position until his retirement in 1981. During the first decades of television, most Americans relied on the three networks for daily reports. Known as the “most trusted man in America,” Cronkite again reported iconic events: from 1952, the presidential nominating conventions; the Kennedy assassination; space launches, including the 1969 walk on the moon; the Watergate scandals; and the Vietnam War. While recording a commercial in Kansas City in 1939, Cronkite met Mary Elizabeth Maxwell, his wife of sixty-four years. They had three children. One of the reasons Cronkite took up sailing was to be able to spend more time with his family. During the 1970s he skippered a 42-foot yawl and in retirement was known to take visiting dignitaries, such as the Clintons, out for spins on his boat. . . . . . 15 June 09 -- National Commodore photos and biographies are available for viewing in the "National Commodore" gallery. A menu option to the gallery is available on the homepage. . . . . . 15 June 09 – In the new Flotilla history section we have added guidance for historians on how to research their flotilla histories. This flotilla section posts links to individual flotilla history web pages 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. Be advised, that pages will be reviewed for substance. Text should be at least one page in length and contain a major awards listing. . . . . . 15 June -09 −For flotillas or other units seeking to participate in the Foundation for Coast Guard History Annual History Awards program, go to www.uscg.mil/announcements, no. 16209, 3/20/09 and/or contact Dr. Douglas Kroll at dkroll@collegeofthedesert.edu, the Auxiliary liaison. . . . . . 15 June 09 – For those units seeking to work with local maritime museums, see this listing of them nationwide: http://www.bb62museum.org/usnavmus.html#CA The Coast Guard in print, on film, on canvas Books/Articles/Canvas 1. ON SALE NOW! ― The Coast Guard Auxiliary, 1939-2007, Birth to the New Normalcy, the first illustrated history of the Auxiliary, available from Turner Publishing Company of Paducah, Ky. This work received a very positive review in Proceedings, the naval officers’ magazine and has more than 100 photographs, some never before published. Go to: www.turnerpublishing.com and search by Coast Guard Auxiliary. 2. 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 Program 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. 3. “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. 4. The Coast Guard Auxiliary participates in the Coast Guard Art Program through which artists submit paintings about the Coast Guard in an annual competition, sponsored by the Salmagundi Club of Manhattan. In 2008, 34 of the more than 75 paintings entered were accepted for donation to the Coast Guard collection. The Auxiliary has a few paintings in the donated collection. See tab on Coast Guard Art Program. 5. Each year Auxiliary units are invited to participate in the Foundation for Coast Guard History Annual History Awards program. For information go to uscg.mil/announcements, no. 16209, 3/20/09 and/or contact Dr. Douglas Kroll, dkroll@collegeofthedesert.edu, the Auxiliary liaison. 6. 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. 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. 7. 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 8. James Morrison, a former Coast Guard Auxiliarist and Marine Corps veteran is the author of: Alcohol, Boat Chases, And Shootouts: How The U.S. Coast Guard And Customs Fought Rum Smugglers And Pirates. See the book’s webpage for further details at: www.boastchases.com. Films 1. 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. It is also available for sale as a DVD. Still too few people are aware of this as a very good member training opportunity. 2. Movie: The Guardian (2006), starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, tells the story of a champion swimmer accepted for training in the Coast Guard’s rescue swimmer program. The film is rated 6.7/10 and won the Outstanding Translated Foreign Film Award, 2007 and was nominated for four other film awards. See: www.imdb.com/title/tt0406816/awards 3. History Channel: In November 2006 the History Channel aired a 2-hour history of the Coast Guard. Check your local listings for repeat broadcasts. Go to http://aetv.resultspage.com to search for this and other films featuring Coast Guard history. |
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