Coast Guard Heroes of New Orleans

From a city’s darkest hour comes an amazing tale of bravery!

While other rescue operations struggled in the post-storm chaos of Hurricane Katrina, those men and women wearing the United States Coast Guard uniform powered through many obstacles—political, logistical, and physical—to save the lives of New Orleanians. Thanks to the largest and most successful rescue operation in American history, the USCG saved 33,500 people using surface and aerial recovery tacti…