by: Petty Officer 3rd Class Pamela Manns
Cedestinson Ductan landed at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., 72 hours after the earth shook his world apart. Ductan, a U.S. Coast Guard machinery technician assigned to Station New York, was on leave visiting family and friends in his native Haiti when the earthquake hit.
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Coast Guardsman survives Haiti earthquake
Coast Guard helping rebuild Haiti’s ports
by Petty Officer 1st Class David Mosley
An international port is a crossroads of culture, languages and international exchange. A port is a nations lifeline to the world through imports and exports. On Jan. 11, 2010 the international port of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was just this, Haiti’s lifeline to the world with 95-percent of the ports [...]
Sternwheeler Willamette Queen runs aground near Oregon City, Ore.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard responded to the grounding of the the stern-wheeler Willamette Queen near Oregon City,Ore., Sunday.
Coast Guard rescues five people who fell through the ice on Saginaw Bay
CLEVELAND – U.S. Coast Guard Station Saginaw River rescued five people in Saginaw Bay, Mich., Sunday at approximately 7 p.m.