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Coast Guard Law Enforcement History

Including Prohibition

Two Coast Guard 75-foot patrol boats trail a liquor-laden
"mother ship" outside U.S. territorial waters during Prohibition.

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• Coast Guard Law Enforcement Bibliography

• The Coast Guard and Fisheries Regulation: An article on the Coast Guard's role in enforcing the nation's fisheries laws

• The Rum War at Sea: A History of the Coast Guard and Prohibition [pdf file]

• Rum War!  The Coast Guard and Prohibition: A Historic Photo Gallery

• History of Coast Guard LEDETs [Law Enforcement Detachments]

• Captains of the Port, Port Security & Maritime Safety: A Historical Photo Gallery

• Migrant Interdiction by the Coast Guard: Historical Statistics, 1982 - 2003

• "Coast Guard Operations During the Cuban Exodus," an illustrated history of the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, written by VADM Benedict L. Stabile and Dr. Robert L. Scheina.

• "The Other Boatlift": Camarioca, Cuba in 1965; a historic photo gallery of the first mass-Cuban boatlift.

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