Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: E lē gata i galuega e faasagatau ai vaa i lalo o le sami, ae sa galulue vavalalata foʻi le Coast Guard ma le U.S. Navy ma le U.S. Marine Corps. O le toʻatele o vaʻa folau a le Coast Guard na faʻagaioia vaʻa folau a Amerika, e pei o le vaʻa a Higgins (LCVP), na faʻaaogaina i osofaʻiga a le amphibious, o Coast Guardmen na mauaina aʻoaʻoga amphibious ma le galulue faʻatasi a le US Marine Corps. O vaʻa ma vaʻa a le Coast Guard o loʻo faʻatautaia e tagata o le Coast Guard na faʻaaogaina i le osofaʻiga a Aferika i Matu ia Novema 1942 (
O le Operation Torch) ma le osofaʻiga i Sicily i le 1943 (Operation Husky). E toʻa 22 tane suauʻu, 51 vaʻa toso tetele, 6 vaʻa e toe faaleleia ai le sami, ma le 209 vaʻa uta ma sapalai mo le United States Army.