This Day in Coast Guard History – Jan. 21

January 21, 2010

1944- Coast Guardsmen participated in the landings at Anzio-Nettuno, Italy.

1987- The Coast Guard established the Air Interdiction Facility at Norfolk Naval Air Station.  The aircrews flew two loaned Navy E-2C Hawkeye aircraft on narcotics interdiction patrols.

(Source: USCG Historian’s Office)

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