U.S. Navy names future destroyer in honor of U.S. Coast Guard Navy Cross recipient
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz thanks Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer during the naming of the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132) June 6, 2019, in Normandy, France. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jetta Disco)
Cherbourg, France – Secretary of the U.S. Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...
Coast Guard Guadalcanal hero laid to rest
LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Retired U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Ray Evans, 92, was laid to rest Wednesday with full military honors.
Evans was the final Coast Guard survivor of a dramatic rescue of a group of Marines pinned down by machine gun fire during the Guadalcanal Campaign, September 1942 where he earned the Navy Cross.
Among those who attended the memorial service was his wife of more than 70 years Dorothy,...
