"Plan One, Acknowledge" & the Coast Guard's Military Baptism of Fire

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    Coast Guard historian Scott Price introduces the Coast Guard into WWI after U.S. declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Commandant Ellsworth Bertholf authorized the radio transmission that placed the Coast Guard into a wartime footing.

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