Chincoteaguers and Eastern Shore Men in World War II - A Look Back On July 4th
From The Daily Times newspaper of Salisbury, Maryland, on Saturday, 5 August 1944, pages 1 and 2: "Heroism of Chincoteague Men Noted On Coast Guard Birthday When the accounts of World War II are complete one of the brightest chapters will relate the efforts of the men of the Eastern Shore, steeped in the lore of the sea, in bringing final victory to the Allied nations. This week ... as the United States Coast Guard celebrated the 154th anniversary of its founding, a good deal of the spotlight turned to Chincoteague and the Coast Guardsmen who live and serve there for gallant achievements during the war. Fighting on every battlefront in the world, men drafted from Chincoteague and Assateague Life Boat Stations have formed the nucleus for the great amphibious forces which opened beachheads in France, Africa, Italy, the Aleutians and the Pacific Islands. They were these men, coxswaining landing barges, who landed the first Marines ont...