Coast Guard honors service’s only Medal of Honor recipient
The original Medal of Honor which was presented posthumously to Signalman First Class Douglas Munro by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is displayed at the 75th anniversary ceremony held in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 27, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley.
Cle Elum, WA – Douglas A. Munro, a signalman first class of the United States Coast Guard, died heroically on...
Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient honored in Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, WA – More than 50 Coast Guardsmen, along with representatives from Seattle-area chapters of the Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officers Association, the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association and the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association gathered today to honor the memory of Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro. Munro died heroically on Guadalcanal on September 27, 1942. Having...