Medal of Honor recipient, Bruce Crandall of Manchester, Wash., speaks with crewmembers on the Coast Guard Cutter Mellon at Integrated Support Command Seattle today. Crandall’s exploits were recently made famous by the 2002 movie “We Were Soldiers” and the novel it was based on.
SEATTLE – Medal of Honor recipient, Tommy Morris of Hayden Lake, Idaho, views an exhibit for the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Douglas Munro, at the Coast Guard Museum here today. Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor for his part in the 1972 rescue of two pilots from behind enemy lines while under heavy attack in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam.
