Coast Guard to honor fallen shipmate at Station Destin
Destin, FL – U.S. Coast Guard Station Destin will dedicate the Lonnie Jones Memorial on Friday morning at 9 a.m.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Lonnie Jones, a machinery technician, was killed in the line of duty March 30, 1981, while responding to a search and rescue case in the vicinity of Destin. This ceremony will render the proper military honors to Jones, which includes a 21-gun salute and a...