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America's Life Saving Stations

Newburyport, Massachusetts
Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts lifesaving crew and station

While the Humane Society crews, like volunteer firemen today, lived at home and responded to emergencies on a case-by-case basis, the men of the USLSS bunked at their station and worked full-time — or for ten months of the year, anyway. 

From: Heroes of the Life Saving Stations | Summer 2026, Volume: 71, No: 3

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