Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

the United States Coast Guard for the District of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, together with its organization, personnel, and equipment, is hereby transferred from the service and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury to the service and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy

08/15/1941

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