Coast Guard Cutter Munro arrives in Juneau, Alaska
Coast Guard Cutter Munro file photo
Juneau, Alaska — Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) arrived in Juneau, Alaska, for a scheduled port visit Monday.
This port visit marks Munro’s final stop before returning to its homeport in Alameda, Calif., after 11,500 miles and 105 days away from homeport.
During the patrol, Munro served as the primary search and rescue (SAR) asset in the Bering Sea, performing...
Coast Guard to host 80th Douglas Munro Memorial Ceremony
SEATTLE – The Coast Guard will perform a wreath-laying ceremony Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at 11 a.m. , in remembrance of Signalman 1st Class Douglas A. Munro, the U.S. Coast Guard’s only recipient of the Medal of Honor at the Laurel Hill Memorial Cemetery in Cle Elum, Washington.
Every year the Coast Guard, the City of Cle Elum and distinguished guests commemorate the service and sacrifice of Munro...
Coast Guard to hold decommissioning ceremony for CGC Douglas Munro Saturday
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is pictured during their last Bering Sea patrol. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is scheduled to decommission Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724), the Coast Guard’s last 378-foot Hamilton class cutter, following 49 years of service, during a ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. on Coast Guard Base Kodiak.
The...
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...
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 to honor service’s only Medal of Honor recipient
Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro
SEATTLE — Admiral Paul Zukunft, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, will join approximately 200 local Coast Guard personnel to honor the service’s only Medal of Honor recipient at a ceremony held at Laurel Hill Memorial Park, Cle Elum, at 11 a.m., Wednesday.
This year’s ceremony marks the 75th anniversary of Signalman 1st Class Douglas Munro’s ultimate...
Coast Guard historian to present history of Douglas Munro at National Museum of the Marine Corps
Douglas Munro
WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Historian Beth Crumley will present the personal history of Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, during a special exhibit on the history of the Battle of Guadalcanal at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9.
Crumley will speak about...
Coast Guard to commission sixth National Security Cutter in Seattle to honor local World War II hero
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard will hold a commissioning ceremony for the Coast Guard Cutter Munro, the military service’s newest National Security Cutter (NSC), Saturday.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft will preside over the ceremony, accepting the sixth NSC into the military service’s fleet.
The commissioning of a cutter is a time-honored...
Coast Guard announces commissioning ceremony for security cutter Munro
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that the service’s sixth national security cutter, Munro, will be commissioned April 1, 2017, at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal in Seattle.
The cutter, which will be homeported in Alameda, California, is named after the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro.
The timing of the...
