The Long Blue Line: They periled their lives for others
September 25, 2026
September 25, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news:
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The Long Blue Line: They periled their lives for others
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In 1884, over 140 years ago, the S.S. City of Columbus rescue became the most honored response effort in the history of the Revenue Cutter Service and the first time in Coast Guard history that a cutter worked together with shoreside boat crews to save victims from a shipwreck. H . . .
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The Long Blue Line: They periled their lives for others
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In 1884, over 140 years ago, the S.S. City of Columbus rescue became the most honored response effort in the history of the Revenue Cutter Service and the first time in Coast Guard history that a cutter worked together with shoreside boat crews to save victims from a shipwreck. H . . .