When Joshua James was 10, his mother & sister perished in a shipwreck. Five years later, he joined his father & older brother at the Massachusetts Humane Society as a life-saver, a role he'd perform for the next 60 years--& that his wife & their son likewise performed. That & more in today's post! 🗃️
Ben RailtonSo for the next post in my Coast Guard sesquicentennial blog series, a trio of iconic individuals & moments that (along with the WWI events I highlighted in yesterday’s post) illustrate the Coast Guard doing what it does best: rescues! blackwhiteandread.com/july-30-2026...