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Originally posted by bilmore
If you look at the org charts, it's considered a part of the Air Force. Always has been. (Well, since 1947.)
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The Coast Guard used to be part of the Treasury Department. During time of war, it answered to the Department of the Navy. If a Coastie went around saying he'd been in the Navy during WWII, don't you think that would be, um, wrong? (Factually, that is.)* Especially if that Coastie was stationed on Lake Superior?
*No disrespect to the Coasties who served with valor in all of the nation's wars and police actions, especially the ones who piloted LSTs at Normandy. They can be proud enough of their service and sacrifice to speak the truth, wherever they served.
