25 Awesome Facts About The Coast Guard: Odd and Interesting Truths About America's Most-Forgotten Military Branch (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780692564899)

Did you know there's a Coast Guard?

You did? Well, I guess you don't need this book, then.

OR DO YOU?

See, the Coast Guard does a lot more than just guard the coast: it goes all over the world saving lives, fighting smugglers, and being really, really awesome. It has fought in every American War since 1790, and has shared its unique set of skills with every other military branch.

Like...did you know the Coast Guard drove the landing craft on D-Day? Or that it helped the Wright Brothers fly? Did you know that it helped create the Navy SEALs and flew B-17s? This book is a collection of 25 of the strangest, most obscure, and most AWESOME facts from the history of the military branch no one remembers. If you want to read more, then you totally need this book

Based on the webcomic by The Claw of Knowledge, and funded with Kickstarter.