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They were 83 feet long, made of wood, and had almost no protection at all. Their job on D-Day was to sit off the beaches under fire and drag drowning men out of the sea. Sixty of them saved nearly 5...

SummaryDuring D-Day, the U.S. Coast Guard's "Matchbox Fleet" of sixty 83-foot wooden cutters rescued nearly 500 men from the water off the beaches of Normandy, with one cutter alone saving 126 by mid-morning. Despite being lightly armed and unarmored, these small wooden vessels stayed close to shore under heavy fire while other ships moved toward the beaches, with fifteen Coast Guard personnel killed in the operation.Aug 22, 20264 tweets♥ 2.2K