Formation of The Coast Guard
President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Act to Create the Coast Guard on January 28, 1915. This Act combined the Revenue Cutter Service with the Lifesaving Service to form the new United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard would further incorporate the United States Lighthouse Service in 1939 and the Navigation and Steamboat Inspection Service in 1942.
In 1990, the United States Coast Guard created a military award known as the Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation, which commemorated the original founding of the Revenue Cutter Service.
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