Coast Guard Sector San Juan honors U.S. Navy Medal of Honor recipient with Murph Challenge
Chief Petty Officer Nelson Duarte (left) and a fellow Coast Guardsman look to complete 100 pull-ups as part of the 2016 Murph Challenge event at Sector San Juan May 27, 2016. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coastguardsmen, soldiers, sailors, marines, federal law enforcement officers and military dependents in Puerto Rico performed the Murph Challenge May 27 at...
Coast Guard Christens National Security Cutter Munro
The U.S. Coast Guard’s sixth National Security Cutter, the Douglas Munro, is prepared for a christening ceremony in Pascagoula, Miss., Nov. 14, 2015. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley)
Washington – The Coast Guard christened its sixth national security cutter, Munro, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi, Nov. 14.
The cutter was named after Petty...
Coast Guard Training Center Cape May holds Munro Memorial
Members of the Marine Corps League Dramis Detachment and a Coast Guard recruit prepare to place wreaths at the foot of the Douglas Munro Memorial during a ceremony on board the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)
CAPE MAY, N.J. — The Coast Guard Training Center’s battalion of recruits, active duty, Marine...
We Remember Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro
Signalman First Class Douglas Monro
The Coast Guard’s first major participation in the Pacific war was at Guadalcanal. Here the service played a large part in the landings on the islands. So critical was their task that they were later involved in every major amphibious campaign during World War II. During the war, the Coast Guard manned over 350 ships and hundreds more amphibious type assault...
Coast Guard, community honor Medal of Honor recipient Douglas A. Munro in Cle Elum, Wash.
Members of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association, Chief Warrant Officers Association, Chief Petty Officers Association, Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, and the Coast Guard Enlisted Association present wreaths on the grave of Signalman 1st Class Douglas A. Munro during a memorial ceremony held in his honor at Laurel Hills Memorial Cemetery in Cle Elum, Wash., Sept. 25, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo...
Coast Guard Training Center remembers 72nd anniversary of Douglas Munro’s Death
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 Center Cape May, Saturday, Sept. 27.
The crew of Training Center Cape May gathered at a statue erected in Douglas Munro’s honor to mark the 72nd anniversary of the Coast Guardsman’s death during World War II. Munro was killed at Point...
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...
Coast Guard dedicates new home to WWII Medal of Honor recipient
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard designated its new headquarters building on the West campus of St. Elizabeths the Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building in a ceremony held here Wednesday.
Munro was engrained in the fabric of Coast Guard history for actions that earned him the Medal of Honor. As a signalman first class during the battle of Guadalcanal in September 1942, he volunteered to...
Coast Guard World War II hero honored in Cle Elum, Washington
SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard retirees, along with residents from the city of Cle Elum, Wash., honored Signalman 1st Class Douglas Albert Munro, the only Coast Guardsman to receive the Medal of Honor, at an annual ceremony at Laurel Hill Memorial Park in Cle Elum, Friday.
Members of Coast Guard Base Seattle Color Guard present colors during a ceremony to honor...
