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Battle of New Orleans, In 1. Laddades upp den 1. Fun pictures to accompany Johnny Horton's song. I do not own rights to the song or images. BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS(Written by Jimmy Driftwood)Johnny Horton. In 1. 81. 4, we took a little trip Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip'. We took a little bacon and we took a little beans And we caught the bloody British in a town in New Orleans.

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CG Aviation History. A History of Coast Guard Aviation.

The Early Years (1. Summary Overview. It could be said the Coast Guard's introduction to aviation took place in 1. Kill Devil Hill Life Boat Station of the US Life saving Service provided the Wright Brothers with additional man power during the pre- launch activities of that epic flight. They helped transport the Wright biplane to its launch site. Daniels took the only photograph of the event.

Coast Guard Aviation owes its beginnings to Second Lieutenant Norman B. Hall, Third Lieutenant Elmer F. Stone and their commanding officer Captain B. All felt strongly that disabled vessels and derelicts could be located more quickly from an airplane than from a relatively slow moving vessel. They approached the Curtiss Flying School at Newport News Virginia, discussed their concept and made arrangements for a series of flights to evaluate the idea. The flights proved to be successful.

Captain Chiswell set about selling headquarters on the idea and requested that consideration be given to sending Coast Guard Officers to Naval Flight School. The Coast Guard Commandant E. Bertholf queried the US Navy Department concerning this possibility. Lt Sudgen and others would follow. Norman B Hall was ordered to the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company factory to study aircraft engineering. An additional eight Coast Guardsmen had obtained their wings by this time and all participated. The expansion of Naval Aviation was rapid and the Coast Guard Officers having had previous sea duty were senior in rank.

As a result they were assigned as Commanding Officers of major commands and Naval Air Stations. Sudgen became commanding officer of the Naval Air Station, Ille Tudy, France, LT. Coffin became commanding officer of the enlisted training school at Pensacola. In the unsettled times following the war Coast Guard Aviation was all but lost. Then an event occurred which brought hope to all. Three Navy flying boats, NC- 1, - 3, and - 4, took off on a flight across the Atlantic to Europe in May 1.

Elmer Stone had continued to work with the Navy after the war at the Navy's request. He was assigned as pilot of the NC- 4; the only one of the three flying boats to successfully complete the journey.

The successful crossing of the Atlantic by NC- 4 had far reaching effects on the development of naval aviation. It operated with 6 borrowed aircraft and proved successful in locating marine hazards and protecting life and property.

The air station was forced to close after a year due to lack of funds. The Coast Guard found itself enforcing federal anti- smuggling law on an unprecedented scale. During the mid- 1. Von Paulsen, with the assistance of the Coast Guard Commandant, obtained the loan of a Navy aircraft for a year. An Air Station was set up on Ten Pound Island in Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. A schedule of daily patrols substantially reduced the rum running in that area. Impressed by the activity of the Air Station, Congress appropriated the funds for five aircraft.

Three were paced at Ten Pound Island and of two were placed at Cape May, New Jersey establishing a second aviation unit. It drew up specifications for a multi- mission aircraft which could fly hundreds of miles, land in open and frequently uninviting seas and carry out a rescue. These were the General Aviation PJ .

He was an aviation enthusiast and supported its expansion within the Coast Guard. In the mid 1. 93.

RD- 4 Dolphins were added, Grumman JF- 2s were purchased and Hall PH- 2 flying boats came on board in 1. The marriage of aircraft and ship first took place during this period. The 3. 27- foot cutters each embarked a Grumman JF- 2 amphibian.

In addition the Secretary obtained Public Works Administration funds and by the end of 1. Air Stations and one Air Detachment. Search and Rescue. The initial proposal for Coast Guard utilization of aircraft was to assist Coast Guard Cutters in searching for vessels in distress and locating derelicts and hazards to navigation in the open seas. World War I interrupted the development of this concept but in 1. Morehead City, North Carolina, to evaluation purposes.

The aircraft proved effective but the air station closed after a year of operation due to lack of funds. During 1. 92. 6 two air stations, one at Ten Pound Island at Gloucester Massachusetts and one at Cape May, New Jersey, were established to search for and locate maritime smugglers of alcohol during the Prohibition period. The use of aircraft proved to be very effective for this purpose. They were able patrol and search vast areas in much less time than a surface vessel could. The fact that these aircraft could operate from the water contributed significantly to the saving of life. This capability to cover vast areas in a limited period of time was also utilized to warn people of impending storms and hurricanes. During the year 1.

It will trace the overall development and the expansion of the search and rescue mission. The individual exploits and amazing performance of Coast Guard aviators is a subject so vast that it is beyond the capabilities of this project to effectively present them. The Ancient Order of Pterodactyls, as part of its commitment to the preservation and promulgation of Coast Guard aviation history, has developed an ongoing electronic repository website which addresses this subject as well as others.

Petersburg Established. June. Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles Established. June. Coast Guard Cutters Designed To Carry Aircraft. October. Coast Guard Purchases Viking Flying Boat OO- 1. March. Coast Guard Air Patrol Station Charleston Established. April. Coast Guard Air Station San Diego Established. April. Coast Guard Purchases Hall PH- 2/3 Flying Boat.

April. Coast Guard Air Station Brooklyn Established. The United States Coast Guard Was Established: In 1. President William H. Taft appointed a commission under the direction of Frederick A. Cleveland to recommend ways to increase the economy and efficiency of the government. A conclusion of the Cleveland Commission was that uni- functional government agencies were more efficient and economical than multifunctional ones.

A portion of this report recommended that the duties and assets of the Revenue Cutter Service be apportioned among other government agencies and departments. The commission's report further recommended combining the Lighthouse Service and the Life- Saving Service due to their similar protection function. The Treasury, Navy, and Commerce and Labor departments were asked to comment on the report. He further stated that he would need some of the revenue cutters for aiding ships in distress off the American coasts. Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer said he was interested in the revenue cutters and enlisted personnel but stated that the chief functions of the Revenue Cutter Service could not be accomplished during the regular performance of Navy duties. The final responses came from Secretary of the Treasury Franklin Mac. Watch full movie ANNA with subtitles FULLHD here.

Veagh and the Revenue Cutter Service's Captain Commandant Ellsworth Price Bertholf. Secretary Mac. Veagh's response was indignant. He pointed out the close and successful working relationship the Revenue Cutter Service and the Life- Saving Service had. He went on to question the validity of the alleged efficiencies put forth by the Commission and echoed the Navy's argument with reference to their inability to perform Rescue Cutter Service functions. Captain- Commandant Bertholf asserted that without the revenue cutters the Departments of Commerce and Labor, Agriculture, Interior, Justice, and Treasury would have to obtain their own maritime assets in order to meet certain parts of their responsibilities which would require additional expenditures for procurement and operation resulting in increased costs and a proliferation of forces afloat.

Watch Thuróczy Szabolcs stream in english with english subtitles FULLHD. He additionally pointed out that transfer of the cutters to the Navy would result in an increase in cost of operation due to the increase in crew and battery of naval vessels. President Taft was not convinced and forwarded the Cleveland Commission's final report to Congress with his recommendation that the legislators adopt the commissions findings.

Secretary Mac. Veagh remained opposed and directed Sumner Kimball, head of the Life- Saving Service, and Captain- Commandant Bertholf of the Revenue Cutter Service to draft legislation that would join the Revenue Cutter Service with the Life- Saving Service. Revenue Cutter Service supporters within the federal government, the press, and the general public fought the move to eliminate the Service. The press reviewed the Service's record and reported cutter rescue activities in detail. Editorial comment was heavily in favor of the retention of the Revenue Cutter Service. Captain Commandant Bertholf was also very active in promoting Revenue Cutter Service accomplishments and capabilities. In 1. 91. 2 the White Star liner Titanic, after hitting an iceberg, sank with a high loss of life.

In response, the Navy conducted ice surveillance in May of that year utilizing two light cruisers. Bertholf prepared a memorandum stating that North Atlantic ice surveillance was markedly similar to the Bearing Sea Patrol that the Revenue Cutter Service presently performed.

He stated that revenue cutters could perform the same duties in the North Atlantic much more economically than the large cruisers and that the Revenue Cutter Service should assume these duties. He cited a 1. 90. Congress as the authority. The Revenue Cutter Service conducted its first Ice Patrol in 1. During the War of 1. Revenue Marine Service and its cutters were placed under the command of the United States Navy. Congress made the practice an official part of regulations in 1.

The Revenue Marine Service served under the Navy in the Mexican- American War of 1. In 1. 86. 1 the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane fired the first shots of the American Civil War. The Revenue Marine was renamed the Revenue Cutter Service in 1.