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The Beach Patrol

2023-07-18
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Book Synopsis The Beach Patrol by : William Drysdale

Download or read book The Beach Patrol written by William Drysdale. This book was released on 2023-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thrilling novel tells the story of the US Life-Saving Service, a brave group of men and women who risked their lives to rescue sailors in distress along America's coasts. Through the eyes of protagonist Ned Carr, the reader experiences the dangers, challenges, and rewards of this vital service, which eventually evolved into the US Coast Guard. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Beach Patrol

1897 Adventure stories
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Release : 1897
Genre : Adventure stories
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Book Synopsis The Beach Patrol by : William Drysdale

Download or read book The Beach Patrol written by William Drysdale. This book was released on 1897. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventure awaits dutiful teenager Tom Perry when he is recruited to be a surfman with the Great Harbor Life-Saving Crew.

Ocean City Beach Patrol

2004-08-06 Photography
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Release : 2004-08-06
Genre : Photography
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Book Synopsis Ocean City Beach Patrol by : Fred Miller

Download or read book Ocean City Beach Patrol written by Fred Miller. This book was released on 2004-08-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ocean City Beach Patrol is the story of the elite group of men and women who serve as guards along the sandy beaches and gently rolling surf of Ocean City, an eight-mile-long barrier island off the coast of southern New Jersey. Although the coastline slopes gradually into the sea and the water is generally calm, deadly rip currents and strong undertows can occur at any time. Thus, the lifeguards often risk their lives to protect the thousands of bathers enjoying these waters each summer.

Saving Lives

2019-09-04 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2019-09-04
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Saving Lives by : Robert M. Craig

Download or read book Saving Lives written by Robert M. Craig. This book was released on 2019-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savings Lives is the first published comprehensive history of the Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP), an organization of highly trained ocean lifeguards whose enviable record of safety is renowned. Established in 1930 to protect recreational swimmers in the open waters in front of the Coast Guard Station in Ocean City, Maryland, OCBP today guards some nine miles of shoreline. Each summer, in calm seas, or during days of turbulent surf, high waves, and strong rip currents, the "surf rescue technicians" make 2,500-4,500 ocean rescues, with individual lifeguards often executing multiple "saves" in a single day. Illustrated with over 250 photographs, the narrative chronicles ninety years of development from a cadre of seven men in 1930 to an organization of over 200 men and women today who are among the best trained and most efficient "athletes with a buoy" in the world. Major attention is given to the leadership and life saving activities of OCBP's three principal captains: Robert S. Craig (OCBP 1935-1987), George A. Schoepf (OCBP 1950-1997), and Butch Arbin (OCBP 1973-present). The author, a member of the beach patrol from 1960-65 and Captain Craig's son, is a professional historian and author of eight other books, including Hellgate's Red Rivers in a Yellow Field: Memoirs of the Vietnam Era (2018).

Sand Pounders

1998 Lifesaving stations
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Release : 1998
Genre : Lifesaving stations
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Book Synopsis Sand Pounders by : Robert F. Bennett

Download or read book Sand Pounders written by Robert F. Bennett. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1915, two Treasury Department agencies merged to form the United States Coast Guard. One of these agencies, the United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS) had been created in August 1848 for the purpose of rescuing people who were ship-wrecked on the coast of New Jersey. That federal organization, manned primarily by volunteers, was reorganized in 1870 to included paid surfmen who patrolled our coastline during stormy seasons. Eventually the scope of the USLSS included the nation's Atlantic, Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific, and Alaskan coats. For 44 years, the surfmen of the USLSS dutifully pounded their feet along mostly sandy pathways in all kinds of weather, occasionally discovering a vessel in distress and, then, acting to initiate the rescue operations that would demand their fullest participation. And, sometimes, even their sacrifice. These surfmen have been called "sandpounders." It was a title that they could wear proudly. This is the story of that organization as gleaned from the official Annual Reports of the USLSS and the correspondence files of the National Archives.

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