Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay : The Coast Guard's War on Rumrunners

Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay : The Coast Guard's War on Rumrunners

Christian M. McBurney

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FörlagThe History Press

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During World War I and World War II, Rhode Island was dotted with coastal forts filled with large caliber guns. Yet they were never fired in anger. By contrast, from 1929 to 1933, during Prohibition, U.S. Coast Guard vessels frequently fired machine guns at rumrunners in Narragansett Bay. Machine gu

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