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Tango01 | 01 Nov 2014 1:53 p.m. PST |
…Important Maritime Partners. "While most of the nation was adamant about keeping the United States out of what was developing into World War II during the early years of 1939-40, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and members of his cabinet were probably all-too aware it was just a matter of time before the country would be pulled into another war in Europe. And so it was during a series of moves on Roosevelt's part from 1939 to just a month before Pearl Harbor that he quietly orchestrated getting the country ready for war. One of those moves was Nov. 1, 1941, when Roosevelt placed the Coast Guard under the Department of Navy. The announcement was made the day after USS Reuben James (DD 245) became the first ship lost to enemy action in World War II when it was sunk by a German U-boat torpedo, killing 115 of her crew…" Full article here navalhistory.org Amicalement Armand |
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