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History Home History Notes 1945 -1955 History Notes 1956 -1960  Flotilla History Notes 1961 -1969  Log Line National Auxiliary History Links

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Click Here to go to the National U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs History Web Page with more links and other items of Auxiliary History.

Several years ago, Appendix B of the old Auxiliary Basic Qualification course (which dealt with the history of the Coast Guard Auxiliary) was extensively revised and rewritten by Dr. John Tilly for the Coast Guard. The revision was reviewed and approved by the Coast Guard's Historian (Dr. Robert Browning) and the Auxiliary Historian (the late Sonny Martin). It is especially worth reading.

The Founding of the Auxiliary -- This NAVIGATOR article describes the founding of the Auxiliary. (Adobe Acrobat™ format 19KB). 

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Photo of Russel R. Waesche - Father of the Auxiliary

The Founder of the Auxiliary 

LT. COMDR. (T) Malcolm Stuart Bolan
USCGR (RET.)
(Formerly Commodore, USCGAux) 

The Father of the Auxiliary 

ADMIRAL RUSSEL R. WAESCHE
COMMANDANT, USCG
1936-1945 

There Before the Baby was Born -- National Commodore Everette Tucker shares with us the reminiscences of a true charter member of the Auxiliary. (Adobe Acrobat™ format 24KB). 

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