Training Center Cape May remembers Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro

Training Center Cape May remembers Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro
U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May helds a memorial ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Douglas Munro, Sept. 27, 2019, near his statue on the parade field on base. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen and recruits gathered to remember the sacrifice of the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient aboard Coast Guard Training...

WWII Coast Guard veteran returns to Normandy

Normandy – On Thursday, Coast Guard veteran Tommy Harbour returned to the site where he made three trips in  PA33-4 delivering troops and equipment during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. Harbour was a Coast Guard coxswain mate, whose vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVP), also known as a Higgins boat, transported soldiers to Omaha Beach as well as Utah Beach during WWII.

Station St. Clair Shores member receives Cmdr. Ray Evans Outstanding Coxswain Trophy

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. – A U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Clair Shores-based Coast Guard petty officer is scheduled to receive the Cmdr. Ray Evans Outstanding Coxswain Trophy during a ceremony at the station here, Wednesday, at 9 a.m.