Ben Wunderly, a curator at the N.C. Maritime Museum at Beaufort, shares the history of the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the iron life car used in the mid-1800s. The Lifesaving Service, the precursor to the U.S. Coast Guard, stationed men along North Carolina's shores to rescue sailors from shipwrecks.
A mid-century innovation for the U.S. Lifesaving Service
Ryan Shaffer
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Public Radio East