W. Russell Webster

Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Retired), is the former Coast Guard Group Woods Hole commander and a coast guard historian who writes and lectures on historical and contemporary ...view moreCaptain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Retired), is the former Coast Guard Group Woods Hole commander and a coast guard historian who writes and lectures on historical and contemporary rescue cases. This is his third book. He has co-authored "The Pendleton Disaster off Cape Cod: The Greatest Small Boat Rescue in Coast Guard History," and the children’s version of that iconic 1952 mission: "The Daring Coast Guard Rescue of the Pendleton Crew," with Theresa Mitchell Barbo.view less